FCO-3083 - Head of Boy [Sketch] | Artwork

General Info

Title

Head of Boy

Description

Composition in black and white. Sketch lines, quick strokes. Boy head occupying almost the entire stand area. The figure is from the front, has a square face, short hair represented by falling tangle of lines on the forehead, thick eyebrows, round eyes, upturned nose and flat showing nostrils, thick lips closed, square jaw. Tip wide neck.

Location Created

BrazilRio de JaneiroRio de JaneiroPlace

Author

Candido PortinariPerson

About

Themes

Human FigurechildboySubject

Human FigurelimbsheadSubject

Function

Artwork Function

SketchArtworkFunctionType

Artwork Function Description

Sketch

Support and Technique

Art Form

DrawingArtFormType

Art Medium

lead pencilArtMediumType

Artwork Surface

paperArtworkSurfaceType

Collection

Notes Collection

Reny Golcman, to whom the artist gave the work as a gift, was among the students from the Escola Nacional de Belas Artes who visited Portinari in 1955 as he painted the panels War [FCO 3799] and Peace [FCO 3798].

Dimensions

Height (cm)

Width (cm)

Dimension Notes

precisão: aproximadas

Signature and annotation

Annotation

Signed at bottom right "Portinari". Undated

Annotation Author

Inscription in bottom left corner "2”

Annotation Others

On back of frame, labels "Ao Colarinho de Madeira Quadros, Molduras, Gravuras. Esterilização, Plastificação Inscrição 108.362.402 C.G.C. 62.801.618/001. Rua Padre João Manoel 795 S.Paulo”.