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Title
Self-Portrait
Description
Composition in yellow tones, ochre, rose, gray, white and green. Rough texture, marked brushstrokes, spatula use. Self-portrait against a light background. Painter bust facing, with slicked-back hair and tuft on the top of the head. Broad forehead, furrowed, with strong entries. It has slanted eyebrows and wears thin-rimmed glasses revealing the half-open eyes. Serious face, thin lips, rounded chin with pit in the center. Neck short and wide. wear shirt-neck "V" and tip collar sideways. Shirt with sleeves, yellow fabric with risks in many ways. Risks with a spatula made by forming grooves in the pictorial layer. Clear, gray ochre background.
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
Themes
About Person
Candido PortinariPerson
Related Event3
Related Document44
Art Form
PaintingArtFormType
Art Medium
oilArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
plywoodArtworkSurfaceType
Certificate
1
Collection
Previous Collection
Height
46.7
Width
38.3
Annotation Author
Signed and dated in dedication, at bottom left, "PARA JANE E MEM COM A AMISADE [sic] DE PORTINARI 1956”. Inscription in bottom left corner "AUTO-RETRTO [sic]”
