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Title
Portrait of Emil Farhat
Description
Composition sepia and white. Contour lines, discontinuous, of monotype and shading characteristics. Portrait of man's head, occupying the upper central area of the support, against plain background. The pictured is slightly turned to the right, has suggested hair, high forehead marked by horizontal lines and the winding back of the head without definition. The eyebrows are well-marked, eyes indicated only by the outline without iris and pupil; nose well-marked, closed lips, mustache suggested thinning and contour marked chin. In his on the right cheek, light shaded suggesting volumes, as well as the neck is short, seeing themselves suggestion closed collar.
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
About Person
Emil FarhatPerson
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Artwork Function
IllustrationArtworkFunctionType
Artwork Function Description
Illustration for the Revista Academica
Art Form
PrintArtFormType
Art Medium
monotypeArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
paperArtworkSurfaceType
Notes Collection
When Emil Farhat received the Lima Barreto Award of 1939 for the novel Cangerão, the Revista Academica published several commentaries on the novel and asked Portinari to do a portrait of the writer
Height
62
Width
47
Dimension Notes
precisão: aproximadas
Annotation Author
Signed and dated in dedication at bottom left "PARA O FARHAT COM O ABRAÇO DO PORTINARI 940”