Candido Portinari (Brazilian 1903-1962)
Coro
signed and dated 'Portinari, Paz VI 55' (lower right)
pastel and graphite on paper
13 x 10½ in. (33 x 26.8 cm.)
Executed in 1955.
Provenance
Acquired from the artist.
Private collection, Orvieto, Italy.
By descent to the present owner.
Literature
Brochure, Empresa Brasileira de Correios e Telégrafos, Edital no. 15- 1986, International Year of Peace, Brasilia (illustrated).
Projeto Portinari, Candido Portinari: Catalogue Raisonné Volume IV 1955 [2]> 1960, Rio de Janeiro, 2004, p. 119, no. 3660 (illustrated).
Lot Essay
We are grateful to the Projeto Portinari for their assistance in confirming the authenticity of this work.