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Arabs Dancing

Candido Portinari1956

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black and white. Contour lines and dashed. Four people dancing side by side, against plain background. From the left to the right: almost boy's profile to the left, with open and folded legs, wearing shorts; woman from the front, using "chador" and long robe, with his on the right arm intertwined with the boy and on the left raised; another woman from the front, using long robe; girl from the front, dressed in western, with his on the left leg raised.

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  • Title: Arabs Dancing
  • 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: 1956
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w26.8 x h16.3cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: human figure:child, human figure:group, human figure:man, human figure:woman
  • Technique: India ink pen
  • Signature: Unsigned and undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 254
  • Notes: Support affixed to cardboard.
  • Inscription: On back of frame, inscriptions by Maria Portinari "DN 730,” "Nº 17” and "Nº 27”.
  • Function: Study for the drawing “Figures Dancing in Circle” [FCO 1857]. Work executed in Brazil upon the artist's return from Israel.. Israel Series
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-3993
Projeto Portinari

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