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EMPTY LABEL
Title
Dead Man
Description
Composition in black and white. Contour lines, strong lines, shaded and deleted. Composition representing a group of adults and children crying near dead person. On the left, the dead wrapped in cloths seeing only feet diagonally to the bottom. Immediately behind, in the center of the composition, of six group being a kneeling and the other standing: all figures are squalid and are crying in sadness attitude. In the background, representation of vegetation.
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
Themes
Artwork Function
StudyArtworkFunctionType
Artwork Function Description
Study for the engraving Dead Man [FCO 823]
Art Form
DrawingArtFormType
Art Medium
lead pencilArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
paperArtworkSurfaceType
Previous Collection
Height
26
Width
16.5
Dimension Notes
precisão: aproximadas
Annotation
Signed and dated at bottom right "Portinari 59"
Annotation Author
Inscription at bottom right "ESTUDO PARA AGUA FORTE”
