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Epiphany Celebration

Candido Portinari1941

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in blue tones, red, black, gray, yellow and green. Shading defining volume and some contour lines. It depicts a show being watched by a king and Maria Rosa on a street in a city with many skyscrapers. In the foreground on the left, two boys profile to the left, side by side; what is more the front flap without using small hat to the head, which is further behind wears cone-shaped hat and secured on the right hand a kind of rectangular billboard attached to a long pole. To the right, two more figures, also in profile to the left, side by side; that is ahead wears a small hat and shirt with stripes horizontally; that is further back has an extremely long nose and wear brimmed hat. These four figures are cut at approximately the waist height. In the background, the center profile figure to the left, inside a horse Bumba-meu-boi, having his on the right another figure also profile to the left; on the right, heads of over two profile pictures to the left. On the third level, on the left of center, front king figure using crown with tips; on the right of center, next to the king, Maria Rosa figure from the front. These two figures watching people parading in front. In the background, from the left to the right, lines of tall skyscrapers. Faixo light through the on the right composition to the left, from top to bottom.

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  • Title: Epiphany Celebration
  • 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: 1941
  • Physical Dimensions: w28.5 x h25cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: Brazilian Culture:popular celebrations:carnival, human figure:child:girl, human figure:group:men
  • Technique: gouache , colored pencil, India ink pen
  • Signature: Stamped signature in bottom right corner "PORTINARI*". Undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 1388
  • Function: Illustration no. 20 for the book “Maria Rosa,” by Vera Kelsey
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-1519
Projeto Portinari

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