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Gathering Gabiroba Fruit

Candido Portinari1957

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black and white. Straight lines, curved, angular and parallel dashed lines. Six boys group representation reaping gabirobas under leafy canopies of trees. In the foreground, some wooden poles formed by three strands of barbed wire cutting composition and forming a horizontal open angle whose vertex is the center pole. Over the top wire on the left, five black swallows inns and on the right, two white. On the left tree with trunk represented by vertical lines and on the right behind the fence, boy standing, facing, on the right arm raised holding a branch. In the background, on the left, steer 3/4 facing right with the body dashed accentuating its volume and to the left, further back, bent forward boy before tuft of vegetation. To the right of center, four boys lowered in different positions, reaping gabirobas. The boys are represented by the absence of broken without contour lines, have the facial features just mentioned and wear short-sleeved shirts and shorts or pants rolled up. On the right, another tree trunk with the same characteristics as the first. The floors are all represented by parallel lines in different directions, looking up five representations curves, dashed more like little hills and some vegetation tufts. Along the upper limit of support, angular lines represent leafy treetops.

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  • Title: Gathering Gabiroba Fruit
  • 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: Brodowski, São Paulo, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w49.3 x h35cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: Nature:Animals:bird, Brazilian Culture:children's games:play, Nature:Animals:ox, human figure:child:boy, human figure:group
  • Technique: lead pencil , colored pencil
  • Signature: Signed and dated at bottom right "Portinari 57"
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 1924
  • Notes: Support affixed to hardboard.
  • Inscription: Inscription at bottom left "Catando Gabiroba”. On reverse, label from Artefact framing house.
  • Function: Study for the painting “Children Playing” [FCO 2373]
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-4224
Projeto Portinari

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