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Boat and Fish

Candido Portinari1941

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black, white and gray. Rapid lines and watercolor touches. Composition representing boat in the water, with two fish and three appointed birds. The boat occupies the central area of ​​the composition is indicated by several lines that suggest the deck, masts and sails. Below the boat, lines suggesting the movement of water, also seeing if two-profile fish on the right and top on the right, three swallows in perspective for background. Watery touches arrematam composition: darker in the center and around the composition.

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  • Title: Boat and Fish
  • 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: 1941
  • Physical Dimensions: w17 x h16.5cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: Nature:Animals:fish, diverse:objects:vessel
  • Technique: India ink pen , India ink wash
  • Signature: Unsigned and undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 3460
  • Function: Illustration for the book “Descrição verdadeira de um país...,” by Hans Staden, which was never published
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-1549
Projeto Portinari

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