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Saint Francis
Candido Portinari1944
Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Composition in black and white. Lines defining contours, some shaded and support with cells for expansion with horizontal and vertical lines and diagonal lines suggesting tiles. Composition representing San Francisco, full body, 3/4 facing left, on the right arm and on the left arm folded over the body. Foot more advanced on the right than the on the left. Has defined facial features, wears cassock and shoes sandals.
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Details
- Title: Saint Francis
- 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: w20 x h34cm without frame
- Provenance: João Candido Portinari
- Rights: João Candido Portinari
- External Link: Projeto Portinari
- Theme: religious:Saints:Saint Francis of Assisi, human figure:man
- Technique: lead pencil
- Signature: Unsigned and undated
- Painter: Candido Portinari
- Number: FCO 177
- Notes: Support affixed to cardboard, torn at top edge and in bottom right corner.
- Inscription: Numbering at left, right, top and bottom edges. At right edge, inscription by Maria Portinari "Desenho de Candido Portinari, autenticado por Maria Victoria Portinari Nº 237 DN 406”.
- Function: Small-scale cartoon for the tile panel Saint Francis of Assisi [FCO 2474]
- Catalogue Raisonné: CR-1976
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