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Bird Cage I

Candido Portinari1959

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black and white. Straight lines, parallel and chiaroscuro. Boy catching bird on trap of jackfruit, occupying the entire area of ​​the composition. The cage with the on the right flap occupies more than half the height and width of the composition. It is represented by parallel vertical lines and some cross, finding himself inside her, a white bird, and one outside of it flying toward the prisoner. On the left, beginning of jackfruit trunk, whose branches open up, represented by winding and parallel lines. At the top of jackfruit, on the left, boy crouched with arms raised. It has large, square face, represented facial features, curly hair and black. On the right, jackfruit hanging represented by parallel lines.

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  • Title: Bird Cage I
  • 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: 1959
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w22 x h30.5cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: Nature:Animals:bird, diverse:objects:bird cage, human figure:child:boy
  • Technique: etching , aquatint
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 822
  • Function: Original illustration no. 19 for the book “Menino de engenho,” by José Lins do Rego
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-4632
Projeto Portinari

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