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Macaws

Candido Portinari1948

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black and white. Predominance of outline lines. In the center of the on the left half of the support, parrot sketch hostel profile on the right with tail horizontally; macaw above, outline of a flower and below it, a scrawl; the center of the on the right half of the support, study profile macaw head to the left, with defined beak and feathers suggestion. In the lower on the right half rack of sketch, back, resting on a branch.

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  • Title: Macaws
  • 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: 1948
  • Physical Dimensions: w38 x h20cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: Nature:Animals:bird
  • Technique: lead pencil
  • Signature: Unsigned and undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 660
  • Notes: Work executed on back of a reproduction of a work by painter Carpaccio Vittore.
  • Inscription: At top right, inscription by Maria Portinari "Desenho de autoria de Candido Portinari, autenticado por Maria Victoria Portinari DN 280”. At bottom right, inscription "Nº 874”.. In middle of top half, printed inscription "I.D.E.A. Filli Alinari Soc. An. VIA NAZIONALE, 8 CASA FONDATA NEL 1854 DISEGNI DEI GRANDI MAESTRI N. 352 – CARPACCIO VITTORE. GALL. UFFIZI San Giorgo che uccide il Drago (per la chiesa di San Giorgo degli Schiavoni a Venezia)”.
  • Function: Sketch for the panel “Forest” [FCO 1829]
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-2634
Projeto Portinari

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