Wild Beast

Candido Portinari 1955

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black tones, white and red ochre. Rapid lines, dotted and some shaded. Feline head study, front, seeing mainly jaws open, with four clearly visible canines and the animal's nostrils. Background and worked with some parallel lines and curves, mingling with FIG. Some vanishing points with intersecting straight lines in red ochre cross the composition.

Details

Title: Wild Beast
Creator Lifespan: 1903-12-29 - 1962-12-06
Creator Nationality: Brazilian
Creator Gender: Male
Creator Death Place: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Creator Birth Place: Brodowski, São Paulo, Brazil
Date: 1955
Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
Physical Dimensions: w11 x h15cm without frame
Provenance: João Candido Portinari
Rights: João Candido Portinari
External Link: Projeto Portinari
Theme: Nature:Animals:wild animal
Technique: lead pencil , sanguine
Signature: Unsigned and undated
Painter: Candido Portinari
Number: FCO 319
Notes: Support affixed to cardboard.
Inscription: On reverse, authentication and inscriptions by Maria Portinari "DN 428” and "Nº 816”.
Function: Study for the panel �War� [FCO 3799]
Catalogue Raisonné: CR-3635

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