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Corregidor

Candido Portinari1959

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black and white. Parallel and straight lines shaded. Corregidor business It depicts and boy, to a home. In the foreground, a little on the left of center, back to human form, 3/4 facing right. It beard, using wide-brimmed hat, dark clothing and boots. His on the right hand raised, holding a whip. Slightly ahead and to the left, back of boyish figure. In the background, the house occupies almost the entire width of the composition, by looking at the on the left corner of the window, a sketchy face and on the right female figure pregnant standing, facing, in the attitude of those who ask for understanding with his on the right two children squalid with prominent belly and strokes above his head. Horizontal lines cut the composition forming the ground and the sky in the background.

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  • Title: Corregidor
  • 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: 1959
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w20 x h26cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: social:workers:magistrate, human figure:child, human figure:man, human figure:woman
  • Technique: etching , aquatint
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 814
  • Function: Original illustration no. 11 for the book “Menino de engenho,” by José Lins do Rego
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-4615
Projeto Portinari

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