Cicero Dias (1907-2003)

Collection of the artist
Private Collection, Paris

Paris, Centre Pompidou, Paul Eluard et ses amis peintres, 1982
São Paulo, Museu de Arte Brasileira, Fundação Armando Alvares Penteado, Cicero Dias, Décadas de 20 e 30, 2004, p. 262, illustrated in color
Paris, Maison de l'Amérique Latine Les années 20, les années brésiliennes, 2005, p. 263, illustrated
Curitiba, Museu Oscar Neimeyer, Cicero Dias, Oito décadas de pintura, 2006, p. 37, illustrated in color

Luis Olavo Fontes, Cicero Dias, anos 20, Rio de Janeiro, 1993, p. 61, illustrated in color
Antonio Bento, Mario Carelli, et. al., Cicero Dias, Rio de Janeiro, 1997, p. 23, illustrated in color
Simoes de Assis Galeria de Arte, Cicero Dias, Uma vida pela pintura, Curitiba, 2002, p. 47, illustrated

The color on this watercolor on paper is strong and fresh. The paper has been mounted on what we believe is an acid-free paper to stabilize the drawing. There are several creases throughout the work, in particular through the middle section, where the crease goes across the entire work horizontally. Other creases: • In lower section, crossing almost all of the composition, starting 6 inches from the bottom going all the way from the left edge to the middle section of the globe on the right • Around the edges – three 2-inch long creases at the bottom near the tree • A diagonal crease 3.5 inches long in bottom right corner • A 3-inch crease on the right, 18 inches from the bottom • A well-repaired crease 3 inches from the top, running through the sky • A crease 7 inches from the top, running 4 inches inward from the left • A crease 14 inches from the top, running 8 inches into the foliage in the boot
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