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Beduin Man

Candido Portinari1956

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black and white. Predominance of parallel lines, contour lines and fast. Composition representing tents mounted on ass, occupying the central area of ​​the composition, and die sun. The tents are mounted on ass with straight horizontal ears, eyes and nostrils suggested. The Bedouin are facing, has suggested facial features, head wrapped in a turban that blends amid the draping tunic that covers her arms and legs. The drape is suggested by graphics, comprising beam of parallel lines. The donkey seems to be in narrow path that follows the slope of occupying the on the right half of the area of ​​the composition. In the upper on the left corner, sun representation cut by the upper edge of the support.

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  • Title: Beduin Man
  • 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
  • Physical Dimensions: w22.5 x h27cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: Nature:landscape:desert, human figure:man
  • Technique: lead pencil
  • Signature: Signed in bottom left corner "Portinari". Undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 3334
  • Inscription: Inscription at bottom left "DESERTO NEGUEV BIDUINO”
  • Function: Study for the drawing “Desert in Negev” [FCO 243]. Israel Series
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-3964
Projeto Portinari

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