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Composition in black and brown. Contour lines and shading. It depicts cowboys and settler working in livestock. Workers have robust complexion, and the two men wear pants rolled up, are shirtless and barefoot. On the left foreground, man in profile standing to the right and slightly back to back with the folded on the right arm, the back of the hand on the waist and legs apart. In front, a gourd and on the right corner on the floor, brimmed hat and leather clothing suggestion. In the background, in the center, settler sitting on the floor, 3/4 toward the on the right. She's with your legs straight and hands clasped between his legs; has defined facial features, hair parted on the right; wears straps dress, skirt with voluminous draping and is barefoot. Beside him, on the right, rope wrapped around the floor, ring at the tip. On the right behind the rope, man standing back to back, slightly turned to the left, looking at the cattle in the background; He is standing with arms along the body and legs apart. To your on the right, four fences stakes vertically in perspective for background. On your on the left and behind the settler, horizontal trough, cutting the on the left half of the composition. Behind the trough, steer with the profile body to the right and head forward, with big horns. More to the right, a bull from the front and back of the calf, cow a profile to the right and head forward. On the left, several head of cattle and about stakes horizontally, interspersed with stakes vertically, which cuts across the width of the support in the background.

Details

  • Title: Cattle
  • 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: 1938
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w246 x h280cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: diverse:objects:hat, diverse:objects:coat, social:working scenes:raising cattle, social:workers:female settler, social:workers:cowboy, Nature:Animals:calf, Nature:Animals:ox, Nature:Animals:cow, human figure:man, human figure:woman, diverse:recurring elements:gourd, diverse:recurring elements:rope
  • Technique: charcoal
  • Signature: Unsigned and undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 5335
  • Function: Cartoon for the mural painting �Cattle� [FCO 1750]
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-832

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