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Title
Portrait of Graciliano Ramos
Description
Composition in black and white. Predominance of shaded and contour lines. Portrait of the head of Graciliano Ramos occupying almost the entire area of the support against white background. The pictured is 3/4 facing left, has long face, straight hair and thin combed straight back, broad forehead with temple baldness, bushy eyebrows, small droopy eyes with puffy dark circles, long and wide nose, well-defined closed lips, wrinkles in the lower jaw, square chin and short neck. The upper part of his closed collar shirt can be seen. Light falling from the left of the composition creating shadow on the left side of the portrayed.
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
About Person
Graciliano RamosPerson
Related Event
Related Document
45
Artwork Function
IllustrationArtworkFunctionType
Artwork Function Description
Illustration for the Revista Academica
Art Form
DrawingArtFormType
Artwork Surface
paperArtworkSurfaceType
Notes Collection
This portrait was commissioned in 1937 by Murilo Miranda, director of Revista Academica, three months after Graciliano Ramos was released from prison, where he had spent almost a year for opposing the Getúlio Vargas administration.
Height
32.5
Width
27.5
Dimension Notes
precisão: aproximadas
Annotation Author
Signed and dated in dedication at bottom right "Para o Graciliano com um abraço de Portinari 937”
