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Abstract

Candido Portinari1951

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in gray, black, green and red. Smooth texture looking up the seams of the inserts. Not figurative composition with background amoeboid areas in shades of gray and green overlap where large black rectilinear tracks. To the left in the top margin, horizontal red band, occupying one third of the width of the composition. Across the entire width of the holder, wide black belt horizontally to the right, two black vertical strips, cutting the entire height of the composition. Between these two groups there are two horizontally below the higher band across the entire width of the composition.

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  • Title: Abstract
  • Creator Lifespan: 1903-12-29 - 1962-12-06
  • Creator Nationality: Brazilian
  • Creator Gender: Male
  • Creator Death Place: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • Creator Birth Place: Brodowski, São Paulo, Brazil
  • Date: 1951
  • Location Created: São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: non-figurative
  • Technique: glass tile
  • Signature: Signed at bottom right "PORTINARI". Undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 2631
  • Notes: Foursquare tiles with slightly irregular edges.
  • Function: Work made for part of the right side wall of the Galeria Califórnia, near the entrance to the Cine Barão in the Edifício Califórnia, in São Paulo, SP. Work designed by architect Oscar Niemeyer.
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-2995
Projeto Portinari

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