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Gold Mine

Candido Portinari1938

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in gray, ochre, earthy, blue, violet, green and white. Smooth texture with visible brush strokes. The color was used to serve as a roadmap in implementing the wall, setting, only large colored areas. The figures are only outlined with no defined facial features. The composition is panning several figures, into the river. In the foreground, on the left, upon the right shovel tucked down to half of the blade; on the right profile man on the left with upper body leaning forward; wearing a hat and safe hands, panning horizontally, legs in the water, with the on the left, further on the right. In the background, on the left, front man with hat, head down, holding panning with the on the left hand; the on the right hand is slightly open, as if he had something on his palm. On the third level, on the right profile man on the left, hat and holding bateia hands. In the background, in the center, front man, into the river, with water up to his waist, regular geometric areas. Below the color project, which is pasted on card, see to the left, a numbered scale of colors.

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  • Title: Gold Mine
  • 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: w50 x h70cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: social:working scenes:prospecting for gold, social:workers:prospector, human figure:group:men
  • Technique: gouache , lead pencil
  • Signature: Unsigned and undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 48
  • Inscription: Numbers on image correspond to numbers in color scale. Montage by the artist on cardboard. Numbers throughout image correspond to scale of colors located at bottom left. On reverse of cardboard, authentication, and on back of frame, inscription "DN 689,” both by Maria Portinari.
  • Function: Small-scale color sketch for the mural painting “Gold Mine” [FCO 1751]
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-873
Projeto Portinari

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