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Dispute over Bone

Candido Portinari1943

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black and white. Contour lines and shading. It depicts dog biting bone. On the left, facing right dog with the hind legs on the ground and front paws on top, resting on the bone that is safe at the ends by the hands of one person. The animal bites the bone in between. He has by with dark spots, long tail and small head. Ground with vegetation suggestion. Sinuous lines involve the composition.

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  • Title: Dispute over Bone
  • 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: Brodowski, São Paulo, Brasil
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: Nature:Animals:dog, human figure:limbs:arm
  • Technique: India ink pen
  • Signature: Unsigned and undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 4566
  • Function: Illustration no. 73 for the book “Memorias posthumas de Braz Cubas,” by Machado de Assis
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-1927
Projeto Portinari

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