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Burial in a Hammock

Candido Portinari1958

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in tones orange, earthy, gray, yellow, green, ochre, white and black. Smooth, thick texture in some figures and marked brushstrokes. Composition representing dead load on the network by two men, with procession of six women and a child walking to on the left, ground represented orange tones and background in yellow tones. In the foreground, two men carrying the dead, in dark fabric, attached to a plump beam, which is supported on the shoulders. The on the left is almost opposite, wears bandit hat, has the triangular face, suggested facial features, thin neck. It has deliberately deformed members, with the on the right arm is down and the hand is large and flattened; holding flexed on the left arm with the on the left hand deformed, the tip of the beam where the net is hung, supported on his on the left shoulder. The figure wears pale shirt with geometrical spots on earthy and gray tones; pants in tone gray earthy, below the knees; It has legs apart, standing to the earlier on the right and has bare feet profile to the left. The on the right man is the profile body to the left and to the head from the front. wear straw hat, has a flattened head, suggested facial features and significantly thin. It is to the left arm throughout the body, closed very large hand; rests on the left shoulder, the other end of the beam, which grasps with his on the right hand of the bent arm. His costume is similar to the previous one. It has legs wide apart, and the on the left is the front on the right and have bare feet. In the background, six women, all moving to the left, wearing dresses in gray tones and earthy-green; they have bare feet, hands and arms expressively deformed. On the left, the first two have the profile bodies on the left and head facing forward. The back has suggested physiognomic traits and hair and on the left arm resting on the shoulder of woman standing next to her. This is also suggested facial features, on the left arm along the body and acting pregnant. The three later, you could only see the heads and feet, their bodies being covered up by the network. The on the left has the head almost from the front cloth on the hair, facial features expressing despair and on the right hand on the face. The center appears to be younger, have long hair, suggested facial features, eyes turned upward. The on the right is with the face in profile to the left, facial features suggested with parted lips and the on the left arm along the body. The last woman of the procession is the profile of the body to the left, head almost on his back, wears handkerchief on his head, he appears to be pregnant and carries in his arms and hands expressively deformed only suggested squalid child. The ground is represented in orange tones, textured by irregular strokes. The bottom consists of geometrical areas overlapping yellow and green hues.

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  • Title: Burial in a Hammock
  • 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: 1958
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w200 x h150cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: social:death, social:Northeastern migrant, human figure:child, human figure:group, human figure:man, human figure:woman
  • Technique: oil
  • Signature: Signed and dated at bottom right "PORTINARI 58"
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 3057
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-4341
Projeto Portinari

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