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Couple and Cangaceiro

Candido Portinari1952

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black and white. Sketch lines. Composition representing couple having their bandit front of back. The couple suggests be at the door of a house. The man's on the left and the woman on the right. She is pregnant and profile to the left. Outside the building, back cangaceiro seeing yourself rifle hanging from his on the right shoulder. His on the left arm is stretched toward the man at the door.

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  • Title: Couple and Cangaceiro
  • 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: 1952
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w17.5 x h25cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: social:Cangaceiro, human figure:group, human figure:man, human figure:woman
  • Technique: lead pencil
  • Signature: Unsigned and undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 4886
  • Inscription: Inscriptions, at top edge, "2º parte”, "II” and "pg. 120”; at bottom edge, "Felizmente a mulher apareceu como ella está de barriga”; in left half, "X”
  • Function: Sketch for the painting “Cangaceiro and Couple” [FCO 4818]
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-3103
Projeto Portinari

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