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Death of the Author

Candido Portinari1943

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black and white. Predominance of straight lines. Burial It depicts, rain in the cemetery. In the center of the composition, group of ten men, standing, three of which are side by side, back, nearly edge-on to the left. The others are facing, facing left. All dress coat, with two holding open umbrellas. Before the group on the floor, you see a coffin on the left diagonally to the right and front to back with a garearthy of flowers at one end. A plan below, on the left, man standing figure, facing the group holding in his on the right hand a paper and on the left arm raised. Cemetery with graves represented, cypress trees and crosses standing out as details: on the right, statue of a kneeling angel on top of a grave; and the lower on the right corner, two cylindrical columns. In the background hills bordering the cemetery on which rain falls represented by straight lines that converge in the center of the composition.

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  • Title: Death of the Author
  • 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: 1943
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w19 x h26.5cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: social:death, human figure:group:men
  • Technique: etching
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 839
  • Function: Original illustration, on a loose page, for the book “Memorias posthumas de Braz Cubas,” by Machado de Assis
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-1957
Projeto Portinari

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