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Abstract

Candido Portinari1951

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black tones, white, green, red and ochre. Smooth texture. Non-figurative composition with a predominance of geometrism. The whole background is slightly divided into amoeboid form, with black over these lines, straight, parallel and perpendicular, one of which passes through the whole composition in the width direction.

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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: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w41 x h12cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: non-figurative
  • Technique: gouache , lead pencil
  • Signature: Stamped signature in bottom right corner "PORTINARI*". Undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 87
  • Inscription: On reverse, authentication and inscriptions by Maria Portinari "DN 150” and "Nº 338”.
  • Function: Small-scale color sketch for the glass tile panel “Abstract” [FCO 2631]
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-2993
Projeto Portinari

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