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Carnauba

Candido Portinari1944

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black and white. Predominance of contour lines and some shaded. Carnauba extraction It depicts, seeing three men in the woods. In the foreground on the left, 3/4 man facing right, sitting on the floor with your on the right leg straight and the on the left bent. wear straw hat with wide brim fallen forward and holds in his hands something that is not clear. On the right, another man standing in profile to the left, taking the burden small head quadrangular holding hands. In the background, on the right, is seen part of a carnauba trunk. On the third level, on the left profile man to the right, and in front of another carnauba. It has turned head up, arms raised holding suggesting be a stick. In the background, other trees carnauba.

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  • Title: Carnauba
  • 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: 1944
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w15 x h15cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: social:working scenes:cultivating carnaúba palms, social:workers:farm hand, human figure:group:men
  • Technique: lead pencil
  • Signature: Stamped signature at bottom right edge "Portinari*". Undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 583
  • Inscription: On reverse, authentication and inscriptions by Maria Portinari "DN 303” and "Nº 511”.
  • Function: Study, not used, for the mural painting “Carnauba” [FCO 1759]
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-2270
Projeto Portinari

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