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Abstract

Candido Portinari1951

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in gray tones, green, white, black and red. Smooth texture. 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 support, wide black belt horizontally; on the right, two black stripes vertically cutting the entire height of the composition. Between these two bands 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: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w41 x h12.5cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: non-figurative
  • Technique: gouache
  • Signature: Signed at bottom right "PORTINARI". Undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 3890
  • Function: Small-scale color sketch for the glass tile panel “Abstract” [FCO 2631]
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-2994
Projeto Portinari

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