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Burial

Candido Portinari1955

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black and white. Intersecting lines. It depicts dead figure, being placed in the coffin for five figures. The figures have suggested facial features and the definition of their bodies are confused with each other. On the right figure being carried by four men by the trunk and legs by a man who is closer to the center of the composition, next to the coffin. On the left, we see part of the coffin which extends to the center. Coffin ago, another figure standing in front, looking at the It depicts. On the horizon, a mountain.

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  • Title: Burial
  • 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: 1955
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: social:death, human figure:group:men
  • Technique: India ink pen
  • Signature: Signed and dated at bottom right "Portinari 55"
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 5010
  • Function: Illustration for the poem “Interior da igreja,” from the book “Raízes,” by José Paulo Moreira da Fonseca
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-3388
Projeto Portinari

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