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Abstract
Candido Portinari1954
Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Composition in tones earthy, rose, orange, green and gray. Smooth texture. Figurative composition with no large amoeboid form, occupying almost the entire area of the composition against dark background. Both amoeboid shape as background, are worked with geometrism, in different colors, forming overlapping areas suggesting chiaroscuro and transparency effects.
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Details
- 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: 1954
- Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
- Physical Dimensions: w56 x h22.5cm without frame
- Provenance: João Candido Portinari
- Rights: João Candido Portinari
- External Link: Projeto Portinari
- Theme: non-figurative
- Technique: gouache
- Signature: Unsigned and undated
- Painter: Candido Portinari
- Number: FCO 85
- Inscription: On reverse, authentication and inscription by Maria Portinari "DN 709”.
- Function: Small-scale color sketch for mural painting or panel; not executed
- Catalogue Raisonné: CR-3354
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