Cândido Portinari (1903 - 1962)

Joanita Blank, Rio de Janeiro (gift from the artist)
Gift from the above to the previous owner
Thence by descent
Sale: Bonham's, London, Impressionist and Modern Art, February 7, 2012, lot 17, illustrated in color
Private Collection, New York

Rio de Janeiro, Museu Nacional de Belas Artes, Portinari, 1939
New York, Riverside Museum, Latin American Exhibition of Fine Art, 1940, p. 15, discussed
Chapel Hill, Person Hall Art Gallery of University of North Carolina, National Art Week: Portinari, 1940

 Kazys Vosylius, Esposicão Portinari no MNBA (exhibition catalogue), Rio de Janeiro, 1940, illustrated
"Portinari Comes as 'Good Neighbor' Emisary", The Art Digest, September 1940, illustrated
Rockwell Kent, Portinari: His Life and Art, Chicago, 1940, p. 116, illustrated
João Cândido Portinari, Projeto Portinari, Cândido Portinari, Catálogo Raisonné, Volume I, 1914-1938, Rio de Janeiro, 2004, no. 694, FCO 3690, p. 378, illustrated in color

This painting has a thin lining, which might even be original. The work is clean. The paint layer is stable and is lightly varnished. This is a fairly complex paint layer. The dark patches that can be seen under ultraviolet light in the background do not correspond to restoration, except for one area in the center of the left side in the background. The neck, the forehead and the right side of the face are all un-retouched. The bridge of the nose shows strongly under ultraviolet light, but this is not retouching. There do appear to be thin retouches down the cheekbone on the left side of the face. There is also an isolated spot or two of retouching on the far left and center. The work should be hung as is. (This condition report has been provided courtesy of Simon Parkes Art Conservation, Inc.)
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