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Scarecrow over Hay

Candido Portinari1958

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in ochre, yellow, gray, blue and black. Thick texture with marked brushstrokes. Scarecrow mounted on cross frame occupying almost the entire area of ​​the composition against background suggesting that a hay field. At the top, head face with face square shape, hair and spiky beard, black eyes. On the beam that forms the arms drops a drapery in shades of gray covering the vertical beam forming the body of the scarecrow even split in two at the height of the legs, where you see the end of the on the left leg of the frame. Background in ochre and yellow tones giving idea hay field with strokes in different directions.

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  • Title: Scarecrow over Hay
  • 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: 1958
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w115 x h145cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: Brazilian Culture:scarecrow, Nature:landscape:field
  • Technique: oil
  • Signature: Signed and dated at bottom left "PORTINARI 58"
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 1648
  • Inscription: On reverse, inscription "145 x 115”; illegible stamp. On back of frame, label from Artefact framing house.
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-4387
Projeto Portinari

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