General Info
Title
Composition with Face
Description
Composition in black and white. Contour lines, intersecting, straight and winding. Not figurative composition looking up at the center, man's face. Winding and intersecting lines forming areas suggesting network and tangles form the background against which we see 3/4 man face to the left; the hairs are not visible, the forehead is marked, the eyebrows are thick and tangled, eyes are very wide facing left, coarse nose, thin lips parted and covered chin by the on the left hand of the figure that appears to be serving to support the head . Hand sees the thumb, index and middle ends and void. To the right of the composition, the center sees an open on the right eye facing forward.
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
About
Themes
Function
Artwork Function
IllustrationArtworkFunctionType
Artwork Function Description
Illustration for cover of the book O alienista, by Machado de Assis
Support and Technique
Art Form
DrawingArtFormType
Art Medium
India ink penArtMediumType
India ink brushArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
paperArtworkSurfaceType
Collection
Collection
Dimensions
Height (cm)
17
Width (cm)
20.5
Signature and annotation
Annotation
Signed and dated in bottom right corner "PORTINARI 944"
Relations
Related Document13
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