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Title
Portrait of João Candido
Description
Composition in blue tones, earthy, green, rose, yellow, red, gray, black and white. Thick texture with treatment-free strokes. Portrait of John Candido, boy, half-length against background in areas of different colors. This is depicted with the body and head slightly turned to the right; has rounded face, disheveled hair drooping over his forehead in the form of fringe, on the right ear between the hair, thin eyebrows, just sketched, outlined eyes, facing right, well separated from the rest, nose and mouth represented. The body is outlined by black lines, though not very definite. Arms along the body. Clothing represented with free strokes in different colors. The background suggests spots and superimposed planes in different colors, with a predominance of earthy tones, black and ochre; this merges with the figure portrayed in some regions where the effect of "esfumato" is evident.
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
Themes
About Person
João Candido PortinariPerson
Related Event7
Related Document24
Art Form
PaintingArtFormType
Art Medium
oilArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
cardboardArtworkSurfaceType
DN Number
421
Collection
Coleção DesconhecidaCollection
Height
50.5
Width
36.5
Annotation
Signed and dated in bottom right corner "NOVA YORK NOV. 1940 PORTINARI"
Annotation Author
Inscription in top half "JOÃO CAN DIDO”
Annotation Family
On reverse, inscription by Maria Portinari "ON 980”.
