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Hand
Candido Portinari1937
Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Composition in black and white. Lines defining contours and shading setting volume. On the left hand study vertically occupying the entire height of the support. The hand is up, in profile to the left, holding what would be the wooden handle of an instrument. See if the pulse and the beginning of the forearm.
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Details
- Title: Hand
- 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: 1937
- Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
- Physical Dimensions: w23 x h38cm without frame
- Provenance: João Candido Portinari
- Rights: João Candido Portinari
- External Link: Projeto Portinari
- Theme: human figure:man, human figure:limbs:hand
- Technique: charcoal
- Signature: Unsigned and undated
- Painter: Candido Portinari
- Number: FCO 1608
- Inscription: On reverse, inscriptions by Maria Portinari "Desenho de autoria de Candido Portinari, autenticado por Maria Victoria Portinari” and "DN 540”.
- Function: Study for one of the mural paintings from the Economic Cycles, Palácio Gustavo Capanema, Rio de Janeiro, RJ
- Catalogue Raisonné: CR-704
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