Lot 217
  • 217

Cândido Portinari (1903 - 1962)

Estimate
30,000 - 40,000 USD
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Description

  • Cândido Portinari
  • Portrait of Dr. Leonardo Altuve Carrillo (Homen de barba vermelha)
  • signed and dated 57 lower left
  • oil on canvas
  • 25 3/4 by 21 3/8 in.
  • 65.4 by 54.6 cm

Provenance

Acquired from the artist
Sale: Christie's, New York, Latin American Paintings, Drawings & Sculpture, May 1986, lot 63, illustrated in color
Galería Carmelo Fernández, Caracas
Private Collection, Caracas 

Literature

Jose Mauro, Utima Hora, Rio de Janeiro, 1959
Projeto Portinari, Candido Portinari, Catalogue Raisonne, Volume IV, 1955-1960, Rio de Janeiro, 2004, no. 4262, p. 317, illustrated 

Condition

The surface of the canvas presents minor soiling and the edges have been taped. Otherwise in very good condition.
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