FCO-908 - Self-Portrait | Artwork

General Info

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

BrazilRio de JaneiroRio de JaneiroPlace

Author

Candido PortinariPerson

About

Themes

portraitself-portraitSubject

Human FiguremanSubject

About Person

Candido PortinariPerson

Support and Technique

Art Form

PaintingArtFormType

Art Medium

oilArtMediumType

Artwork Surface

plywoodArtworkSurfaceType

Authenticity

Certificate

Collection

Paulo Kuczynski Escritório de Arte adquiridaCollection

Dimensions

Height (cm)

46,7

Width (cm)

38,3

Signature and annotation

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]”