General Info
Title
Major Archer
Description
Composition in black and white. Dark and straight lines areas. Representation of a Major Archer bust sculpture, giving bronze idea, with the head turned slightly to the right, on a rectangular pedestal imitating granite.
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
About
Themes
Function
Artwork Function
StudyArtworkFunctionType
Artwork Function Description
Study for sculpture; not executed
Support and Technique
Authenticity
DN Number
12
Collection
Notes Collection
Work commissioned by Raymundo Ottoni de Castro Maya for a monument in honor of Major Archer that was to be erected in the Tijuca Forest in Rio de Janeiro, which Castro Maya was restoring at the time.
Dimensions
Height (cm)
26,8
Width (cm)
15
Signature and annotation
Annotation
Stamped signature in bottom right corner "Portinari*". Undated
Annotation Author
Inscriptions, at top left, "85 cm”; at top right, "50cm”; in bottom half "1m50”
Annotation Family
On reverse, authentication and inscriptions by Maria Portinari "Nº 353” and "DN 12”.
Relations
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