Candido Portinari
Vasari Codex · Artist Status Report

Candido Portinari

Brazilian · 1903–1962

Profile
43
34–51 band

Discovery profile: fair visibility

Descriptive Codex signal report built from ranking, institutional history, representation, auction records, high-quality press, audience attention, and current activity. Generated May 6, 2026.

Overall43

Composite Codex score

Institutional16

Museums/acquisitions may be sparse

Market47

Thin auction dataset expected

Momentum6

Recent activity and interest

Representation12

Gallery and exhibition traction

Codex Rank#5,203Established
Exhibitions00 current · 0 upcoming
Museum Signal1414 acquisitions · 0 exhibitions
Core Median$1.1MPaintings · 3 priced
Sell-through60%Top house: Christie's
Interest SignalInsider 80th pctAudience percentile vs tracked artists

Signal summary

Candido Portinari: fair visibility. Auction and institutional fields are sparse, so this report emphasizes traction signals rather than market depth.

Observed evidence: 1 tracked fair/biennial appearance.
Data gaps: Thin auction dataset (8 tracked lots). No high-quality tracked press in the last 12 months.

Representation

  • No current primary representation recordedNo active gallery relationship in Codex

Institutional holdings

Centre PompidouMuseum of Modern Art

Recent Exhibitions

  • No exhibition history recordedConfirm manually before using externally

Market profile

Category-aware market read: Paintings median: $1.1M (3 priced); Editioned prints median: $2.0K (1 priced). Sell-through: 60%. Historical record: $1.4M at Christie's (May 29, 2013).
Annual median hammer price, USD
$315K$158K$0
$315K
2021
$2.0K
2024

Education & awards

  • No education/prize records in CodexCheck CV and gallery documentation

Press Signals

  • No recent high-quality tracked pressReport press signal shows tier-3/4 sources with substantive artist coverage

Publications

  • No publications trackedNo monographs or catalogs recorded in Codex
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