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Horseman

Candido Portinari1955

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black and white. Contour lines, broken and crisscrossed. It depicts horse-mounted man with intersecting lines filling the volume of bodies and behind them, another horse. The front figures are slightly turned to the left, the man has no defined facial features and the horse is prancing, supported by the hind legs and the front legs in the air. Behind them, Profile horse to the right, defined by contours and light shaded, with the lighter body than the figures before him. Ground with short horizontal lines. At the top, on the left and sun rays scattered to the ground.

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  • Title: Horseman
  • 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: 1955
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w16 x h20cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: Nature:Animals:horse, human figure:man
  • Technique: India ink pen
  • Signature: Signed and dated at bottom left "Portinari 55"
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 4578
  • Function: Illustration for the book “Raízes,” by José Paulo Moreira da Fonseca
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-3380
Projeto Portinari

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