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Fight in the Forest

Candido Portinari1959

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black and white. Straight lines, quick and angular features. Two men in an attitude of fighting background dashed suggesting kills. The figures are in the center of the composition, with feet off the ground, as if they were jumping, diagonally from the left to the right and one facing the other. From the back, 3/4 facing right, a man with cross pouch on the back, which can be a bandit or a soldier, attacking the man who is in front, tumbled to the right and back, holding the on the right shoulder first. In the lower on the right half representing foliage and doodles in various directions in the rest of the background, giving idea of ​​kills.

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  • Title: Fight in the Forest
  • 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: 1959
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w13 x h17.5cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: human figure:group:men
  • Technique: lead pencil
  • Signature: Initialed at bottom left edge "C.P.". Undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 1427
  • Inscription: On reverse, inscription by Maria Portinari "Desenho de Candido Portinari autenticado por Maria Portinari”.
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-4507
Projeto Portinari

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