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Gold Mine

Candido Portinari1938

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition unidentified tones. Unidentified texture and contour lines. Panning It depicts figures in a river. Figures have defined facial features. In the foreground on the left threaded shovel in the ground, at the river's edge. On the right inclined man, facing left, holding panning horizontally; wear hat and with your feet dipped in the river, the on the left leg is further ahead than the on the right. In the background, on the left, front man holding panning with his on the left hand and looking at the palm of the on the right hand, as if checking its contents. A little behind on the right, another miner, tilted to the left, wearing brimmed hat. Further back, another miner from the front, slightly set. Background with irregular dark and light areas.

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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
  • 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: medium unidentified
  • Signature: Unsigned and undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 4251
  • Function: Study for the mural painting �Gold Mine� [FCO 1751]
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-866
Projeto Portinari

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