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Forest

Candido Portinari1957

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in blue tones, green, yellow, ochre, gray, earthy, black and white. Smooth texture. It depicts animals in a forest, with geometrized background. From the left to the right: jaguar, profile to the right, Profile capybara on the right, Profile anteater to the left; toward the anteater at the lower end of the support, one earthyed profile toucan on the left, surrounded by greenery and on the right corner, three agoutis together, with two facing left and on the right. The composition is all cut by trunks vertically and the most thick trunks foreground succeed in perspective to the bottom, forming geometrized.

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  • Title: 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: 1957
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w48.5 x h12cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: Nature:Animals:cougar, Nature:Animals:spotted cavy, Nature:Animals:agouti, Nature:Animals:anteater, Nature:Animals:toucan, Nature:landscape:forest
  • Technique: oil
  • Signature: Unsigned and undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 1655
  • Notes: Support affixed to wood.
  • Inscription: On reverse, inscription by Maria Portinari "Selva [scratched out] Mata óleo de Candido Portinari Maria Victoria Portinari”.. On back of frame, label "L’Arca moldura e decorações Ltda Rua Augusta 506 S.Paulo”.
  • Function: Small-scale color sketch for the panel “Amazon Forest” [FCO 1742]
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-4173
Projeto Portinari

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