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Title
Man Bending Over
Description
Composition in black and white. Lines defining contours and shading setting volume. Study representing a partial man figure, leaning, against a plain background. The figure is naked, almost in left profile. Head, forearms and legs are not represented clearly. It is mostly seen the trunk and the left thigh muscle, which is well ripped. Arms streched forward as if to pick up something on the floor. The right leg is not represented and the the left leg is outlined by the a contour line, which starts below the knee.
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
Themes
Related Event
6
Related Document
10
Artwork Function
StudyArtworkFunctionType
Artwork Function Description
Study for the mural painting Brazilwood [FCO 1748]
Art Form
DrawingArtFormType
Art Medium
charcoalArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
paperArtworkSurfaceType
DN Number
670
Height
66
Width
38
Dimension Notes
precisão: aproximadas
Annotation
Signed and dated at bottom right edge "Portinari 1938"
Annotation Author
Dated in inscription in middle of right edge "croquis Para o Pau Brasil 8-1-938”
Annotation Family
On reverse, authentication and inscription by Maria Portinari "DN 670”.
