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General Info
Title
Death of the Author
Description
Composition in black and white. Quick strokes. Burial It depicts in the rain, in a cemetery. Group of people standing, occupying the center and the on the right composition. The figures are represented by dashed quickly without seeing anatomical definition are some that hold open umbrellas. The group surrounding a coffin that is in diagonal floor from the left to the right and from front to back. Ahead of this coffin, a little more to the right, a grave seen in the foreground. In the background, representation of other graves with crosses on top, and quick strokes that suggest rain.
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
About
Themes
Function
Artwork Function
StudyArtworkFunctionType
Artwork Function Description
Study for the engraving Death of the Author [FCO 839]
Support and Technique
Art Form
DrawingArtFormType
Art Medium
lead pencilArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
paperArtworkSurfaceType
Technique
Support affixed to cardboard.
Authenticity
DN Number
284
Dimensions
Height (cm)
19
Width (cm)
14.8
Signature and annotation
Annotation
Unsigned and undated
Annotation Author
Inscriptions, at top right, "pg 12”, "11 pessoas” and "morto 1869”; in bottom left corner, "Cap I” and "64 anos”
Annotation Family
On reverse, authentication and inscriptions by Maria Portinari "DN 284” and "Nº 913”.
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