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DEAD CHILD 10/93 1,101,197 |
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ILL MAN 10/93 1,043,233 |
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The first three cards were issued in September/94 accompanied by a folder. The mintage for each card was 50,000. |
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The
cards portraits the right side of the work «Paz» («Peace»), oil panel on wood,
14.00X9.53 m, 1952-1956. |
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The folder brings the following text: «Born in a coffee plantation farm near Brodósqui in the state of São Paulo, Cândido Portinari (1903-1962), the main representative of the Brazilian modernist painting, lived for the art. Master of an original and versatile talent, his work is featured by various phases going from academic style through the influence of the Italian painters of the Quatrocento and Picasso to the expressionism. His works are full of childhood reminiscences and social themes showing the Brazilian people and reality with an enormous sensitiveness and emotion. Like no one else, Portinari seized the Brazilian life and soul and perpetuated them through painting.» |
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If you want to know more about Portinari and his works you can visit the following link in the Museum of Modern Art of São Paulo. |
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