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Figures on Street

Candido Portinari1943

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black and white. Contour lines and fast. It depicts people in a street, looking a man. In the foreground, underbrush with butterflies flying over it and a dog walking to the left with the head turned to the right. In the background, man standing back to back and with legs apart; It wears overcoat and top hat, with hands clasped behind. To the right of people standing group without defined facial features. A man on the left the group mainly wears and another on the right, seems to wear kind of kilt, is shirtless, barefoot and back. The rest of the figures are behind them, distinguishing a woman with long dress. In the background, on the left, kid standing. Transverse line from the left to the right, tapering to the right, like the stroke of a street. Semicircular loose lines make up the background of the composition.

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  • Title: Figures on Street
  • 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: 1943
  • Location Created: Brodowski, São Paulo, Brasil
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: Nature:Animals:dog, human figure:group:men
  • Technique: India ink pen
  • Signature: Unsigned and undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 4547
  • Function: Illustration no. 45 for the book “Memorias posthumas de Braz Cubas,” by Machado de Assis
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-1887
Projeto Portinari

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