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Man
Candido Portinari1948
Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Composition in black and white. Fast, straight lines. man's head, 3/4 turned to the left, taking up almost the entire support area against white background. The figure has angular face, broad forehead with parallel creases; almond-shaped eyes facing forward, big nose, thick lips and closed. Dots and small lines on the faces suggest unshaven. It is seen thin neck with lines marking wrinkles.
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Details
- Title: Man
- 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: 1948
- Location Created: Cataguases, Minas Gerais, Brasil
- Physical Dimensions: w21.7 x h28.5cm without frame
- Provenance: João Candido Portinari
- Rights: João Candido Portinari
- External Link: Projeto Portinari
- Theme: human figure:man, human figure:limbs:head
- Technique: fountain pen
- Painter: Candido Portinari
- Number: FCO 2544
- Notes: Work executed on title page of a copy of the book "Portinari, His Life And Art" [LV 7].
- Inscription: Signed and dated in dedication in bottom right corner "Para o Pacheco amigo com o abraço de Portinari Cataguazes 1948”
- Catalogue Raisonné: CR-2740
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