Live Auction 8784Important Latin American Paintings, Drawings & Sculpture
Lot 154

Candido Portinari (1903-1962)

Sacrificio de Abraham

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Candido Portinari (1903-1962)
Sacrificio de Abraham
signed and dated 'Portinari 1939' lower left
oil on canvas
18 x 15in. (45.7 x 38cm.)
Painted in 1939

Acquired from the artist by the original owner
Leon Berestianu, São Paulo
Bequeathed to the Albert Einstein Hospital, São Paulo
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, New York, Latin American Art, May 17-18, 1988, lot 72 (illustrated in color)

Specialist note

This painting will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of the artist's oeuvre being prepared by the Projeto Portinari, Rio de Janeiro