General Info
Title
Portrait of Lourival Fontes
Description
Composition in gray tones, earthy, ochre, black, green, blue, rose, white, red and violet. Rough texture, marked strokes. Man figure against geometrized background. The portrayed is half-length, nearly edge-on face and body to the left 3/4 to on the left. Has black, short and straight hair with tuft and lock falling over his forehead, light brown, bushy eyebrows and slightly arched, light brown, dark circles eyes, thin nose, red, thick and closed lips, rounded chin, jowls Suggested , thick, short neck, half-blinded by the collar. Shirt in shades of gray with black outlines, tie in dark blue represented by sinuous line that suggests being mashed, jacket in gray tones, with touches of white, rose and green, with black outline. Lines and shading make it look wrinkled, disheveled. Green water handkerchief in the top pocket of his jacket, on the right. Poorly defined arms. Background with triangles, rectangles and squares in dark, juxtaposed and superimposed tones. On the left upper half within a rectangular shape in shades of green, gray and ochre, the inscription on the black ink: "AU--" (DOS, barely legible).
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
About
About Person
Lourival FontesPerson
Support and Technique
Dimensions
Height (cm)
73
Width (cm)
60
Signature and annotation
Annotation
Unsigned and undated
Annotation Author
Inscription at top left "AU D”
Annotation Others
On back of frame, labels "Collection Nelson A. Rockfeller Artist: PORTINARI, Candido TITLE: PORTRAIT OF LOURIVAL FONTES. MEDIUM: Oil on canvas. NUMBER: 25-855” and "a HEYDENRYK frame THE HOUSE OF HEYDENRYK 141 WEST 54th STREET NEW YORK 19, N.Y.”; inscription "389992”. On reverse, inscriptions "389992”, "10” and "M P”.
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