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Composition in earthy, ochre, gray, black, white and blue tones. Color areas. It depicts two men and a woman near a cowshed with cattles. In the foreground, on the left, a man standing in profile to the left, his right hand on his waist and legs spread, he is wearing rolled up pants below the knees; in the center, a woman sitting on the floor, 3/4 turned to the right and on the left diagonal right from back to front; she has arms resting on her lap, legs streched and slightly apart, she wears a light color sleeveless dress and is barefoot. Between the man and this woman a gourd can be seen on the floor. In the lower right area in dark color. In the background, on the right, man standing with his back slightly turned to the left, arms along the body and legs apart, image suggests he is wearing pants rolled up below the knees. This figure is looking towards a cowshed in the background, where several cattle are suggested by masses of color. At the bottom, on the right, a kind of high fence would delimit the cowshed.

Details

  • Title: Cattle
  • 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: 1938
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w41 x h41cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: social:working scenes:raising cattle, social:workers:female settler, social:workers:cowboy, Nature:Animals:calf, Nature:Animals:ox, human figure:man, human figure:woman, diverse:recurring elements:gourd
  • Technique: pastel
  • Signature: Unsigned and undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 1006
  • Function: Small-scale color sketch for the mural painting “Cattle” [FCO 1750]
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-863

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