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Composition in gray tones, yellow, violet, white, blue, rose and orange. Parallel lines, shaded and shaved effects. D. Quixote representing It depicts being observed by planting banana Sancho which is mounted in its donkey against a yellow background. In the foreground on the left, Don Quixote planting banana, it is upside down with arms almost fully stretched and bent legs; It wears just a short-sleeved shirt, looking up the buttocks outside. On the right, Sancho Panza riding his donkey, his back slightly turned to the left, wearing wide-brimmed hat, and little clothes set, with the head turned toward Don Quixote. In the background, on the left, horse standing in front, head raised and turned to the right. Ground and background in shades of yellow dotted with areas of projections of geometrical shadows. In the sky to the left, moon representation in the first quarter.

Details

  • Title: Don Quixote Doing Somersaults
  • 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: 1956
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w21.5 x h26.5cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: Nature:Animals:donkey, Nature:Animals:horse, human figure:group:men, diverse:literary character:D. Quixote, diverse:literary character:Sancho Panza
  • Technique: colored pencil
  • Signature: Unsigned and undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 1221
  • Function: Illustration for the book �Don Quixote,� by Cervantes, which was never published. Don Quixote Series
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-3757

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