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Title
Head of Black Man
Description
Composition in black and white. Contour lines, overlapping and spiral lines. Composite profile representing a black head, occupying the central area of the composition against a plain background. The figure is in profile to the left, you have the elongated head, curly short hair and Swiss braided. It has a high forehead, dark brow, eye too dark, broad nose, flat profile, extremely thick lips, closed, short chin and thin, long neck. Plain background.
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
Themes
Art Form
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Art Medium
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Artwork Surface
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Previous Collection
Height
20
Width
13
Dimension Notes
precisão: aproximadas
Annotation
Signed and dated at bottom right "Portinari São Paulo 1935"
