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Candido Portinari1944
Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Composition in black and white. Predominance of contour lines with and support cells for expansion with horizontal and vertical lines and diagonal lines, suggesting tiles. Study representing kneeling human figure back, 3/4 turned to the left. It has the upper body leaning forward with arms outstretched as if he were picking up something on the ground.
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Details
- Title: Figure
- Creator Lifespan: 1903-12-29 - 1962-12-06
- Creator Nationality: Brazilian
- Creator Gender: Male
- Creator Death Place: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Creator Birth Place: Brodowski, São Paulo, Brazil
- Date: 1944
- Location Created: Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
- Physical Dimensions: w17 x h18cm without frame
- Provenance: João Candido Portinari
- Rights: João Candido Portinari
- External Link: Projeto Portinari
- Theme: human figure:figure
- Technique: lead pencil
- Signature: Stamped signature at bottom left edge "Portinari*". Undated
- Painter: Candido Portinari
- Number: FCO 172
- Notes: Support affixed to cardboard.
- Inscription: At bottom edge, inscription by Maria Portinari "Nº 241 Desenho de Candido Portinari, autenticado por Maria Victoria Portinari DN 401”.
- Function: Small-scale cartoon for the tile panel Saint Francis of Assisi [FCO 2474]
- Catalogue Raisonné: CR-1972
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