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Abstract

Candido Portinari1958

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in red, black and white tones. Contour lines, winding and tangled. Non-figurative representation amoeboid shapes with rectangular horizontal support and rectangular forms in the middle and lower perspective people watching it. The rectangular areas are filled with strokes in red tone and some areas in tangled lines in the same tone. Outside the rectangle, at the time, on the left inscription "5" on the right "3", and in the width direction, up, "18". Suggested people scattered in front of the composition. All four edges, straight lines to the front, as if the composition were at the bottom of a room.

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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: 1958
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w28 x h21.7cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: non-figurative
  • Technique: lead pencil , colored pencil
  • Signature: Unsigned and undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 5409
  • Inscription: Inscription in top right corner "16 x 4 3 18 5” and in the middle "5 18 3”
  • Function: Sketch for the painting “Quartering of Felipe dos Santos”.
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-4283
Projeto Portinari

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