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Frevo Dance

Candido Portinari1956

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black and white. Contour lines and dashed. Study representing five dancers dancing frevo. In the foreground, on the right, two figures dancing; the on the left holds an open umbrella on the perpendicular and has slightly bent legs; It has the on the right of the on the right arm and the on the left waist up, with the on the left leg slightly bent. In the background, on the left, figure almost back, standing, playing clarinet, and beside him another figure from the front, lowered, with the folded on the right leg and the on the left stretched forward. Beside sketched figure, standing, clapping.

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  • Title: Frevo Dance
  • 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: 1956
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w26 x h34cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: Brazilian Culture:dance:Frevo, Brazilian Culture:musicians:clarinet player, human figure:group:men
  • Technique: lead pencil
  • Signature: Stamped signature in bottom left corner "Portinari*". Undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 376
  • Inscription: On reverse, lines possibly by the artist; authentication and inscriptions by Maria Portinari "DN 158” and "Nº 247”.
  • Function: Study for the panel “Frevo Dance” [FCO 2554]
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-3783
Projeto Portinari

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