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Rooster

Candido Portinari1959

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in gray tones, earthy, ochre and blue. Smooth texture. Rooster composition profile standing to the left occupying almost the entire stand area. The animal's neck with the taut; on the head, a large crest on earthy tone. The animal body is gray, see tail is well filled and armed and has the on the right foot is raised almost horizontally. At the upper right corner of the support half, you see circle in gray tone with dog suggestion, center, standing and in profile to the left. The floor where the cock is treading is in earthy tone. Around the support, gray tone margin at the top and the bottom earthy, and that the pictorial layer by despregamentos sees a part of the original porcelain edge with small blue square interspersed with small leaves symmetrically distributed.

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  • Title: Rooster
  • 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: w9 x h13cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: Nature:Animals:rooste
  • Technique: oil
  • Signature: Signed and dated at bottom right "PORTINARI 59"
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 1733
  • Notes: Work executed on white porcelain bookend.
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-4543
Projeto Portinari

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