General Info
Title
Crispim Soares Defends His Wife
Description
Composition in black and white. Boundary straight lines. It depicts three men with arms stretched suggesting they were screaming. In the foreground, from the left to the right, front to the bottom band suggesting sill, behind which is seen on the left, 3/4 man half-bust facing right, with coarse facial features, hair disheveled, slanted eyes turned down, represented by a triangle nose and mouth ajar; on the left arm is stretched up with open hand. On the right bust of a man, facing slightly back to the left. It also has coarse facial features and defined the same way as the first figure. wear hard collared shirt or jacket and standing with jacket lapel and has the on the right arm also stretched to the side with the open hand. Further down, on the left, man half-length, this well-outlined, facing with the indicated facial features and the on the right arm straight up. In the background three figures just suggested.
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Function
Artwork Function
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Artwork Function Description
Illustration no. 30 for the book O alienista, by Machado de Assis
Support and Technique
Collection
Collection
Dimensions
Height (cm)
17,5
Width (cm)
19
Signature and annotation
Annotation
Signed at bottom right edge "Portinari". Undated
Annotation Author
Inscription in bottom left corner "31”
Relations
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