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Carrying Water

Candido Portinari1935

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black and white. Contour lines and light shading. The black race man carrying a bucket, occupying the full area of ​​support. Figure 3/4 is turned to the left and has the legs cut off at the knees by the bottom edge of the support. wear hat with raised tabs, only suggested, small eyes, broad nose and thick lips and - characteristic features of the black race. It's bare chest, muscular arms fallen along the body on the left hand and carries a bucket, seen from above, also cut just below the lower edge margin of the carrier. Wears pants indicated by very few features and no suggestion belt at the waist. Light shadow areas in the arms and the man's face.

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  • Title: Carrying Water
  • 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: 1935
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w40 x h57cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: social:ethnic groups:Black, social:workers:carrier, human figure:man
  • Technique: charcoal
  • Signature: Unsigned and undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 1597
  • Inscription: On reverse, inscription by Maria Portinari "Nº 478 – Desenho de autoria de Candido Portinari, autenticado por Maria Victoria Portinari”.. On back of frame, label from Artefact framing house. On stretcher, inscriptions "817 CAMARGO F 2170 F PP7 BRM CLARO F 217 PO 347” and "478 – brim clara”.
  • Function: Study for the painting “Coffee” [FCO 1191]
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-538
Projeto Portinari

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