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Sky with Stars

Candido Portinari1941

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in blue tones, gray, red, black and yellow. Smooth texture. Study represents a stage with big screen in the background, looking up suggestion curtains on the sides that represent the entrances to the stage. The screen is blue tone and occupies almost the entire area of ​​the composition. It would represent the night sky looking to the left, the Southern Cross; on the left of center, a shooting star with sinuous line; the center, another shooting star also represented by sinuous line; on the right, a kind of balloon, a line nearly vertical and the Three Marias. Other small stars are dotted throughout the area of ​​the screen.

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  • Title: Sky with Stars
  • 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: 1941
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w42 x h31cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: Nature:landscape:sky
  • Technique: gouache
  • Signature: Unsigned and undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 1383
  • Notes: Support affixed to cardboard.
  • Inscription: On reverse, label with authentication by Maria Portinari.
  • Function: Design for set of the Serenade Ballet
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-1493
Projeto Portinari

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