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Dromedary
Candido Portinari1956
Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Composition in black and white. Contour lines and quick strokes. Camel lying on the legs, from the front, slightly turned to the left, head forward. In the background, strokes suggesting hills in heaven, on the right, suggesting circumference sun.
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Details
- Title: Dromedary
- 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
- Physical Dimensions: w17 x h29cm without frame
- Provenance: João Candido Portinari
- Rights: João Candido Portinari
- External Link: Projeto Portinari
- Theme: Nature:Animals:camel
- Technique: lead pencil , crayon
- Signature: Signed at bottom left "Portinari". Undated
- Painter: Candido Portinari
- Number: FCO 277
- Inscription: Inscription at bottom right "Neguev”. On reverse, authentication and inscriptions by Maria Portinari "DN 610” and "Nº 747”.
- Function: Study for the drawing Dromedary [FCO 3502]. Israel Series
- Catalogue Raisonné: CR-3966
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