General Info
Title
The Psychiatrist
Description
Composition in black and white. Letters form of various shapes and sizes. Book cover layout seeing the sets of words distributed evenly and seeing to the center of the support, great blank which was later inserted into an illustration.
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
Function
Artwork Function
DesignArtworkFunctionType
Artwork Function Description
Design for cover of the book O alienista, by Machado de Assis
Support and Technique
Collection
Collection
Dimensions
Height (cm)
23
Width (cm)
16
Dimension Notes
38.5x27.7 (S)
Signature and annotation
Annotation
Unsigned and undated
Annotation Author
Inscriptions, in top half, "MACHADO DE ASSIS” and "O ALIENISTA” [cut letters]; in bottom half, "O ALIENISTA” and "ILUSTRAÇÕES DE PORTINARI”
