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Group

Candido Portinari1945

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black and white. Predominance of sinuous lines and support with squares featuring the design for expansion. Study representing group of about twenty people, forming a choir, against background divided into areas with geometric shapes and amoeboid. The group faces arranged slightly diagonally from the left to the right and from front to back. Two people hold the first row of staves, and the on the left sees the second figure with arms above the shoulder of the figure to the right. The faces have suggested facial features, and almost everyone has his mouth open. The figures are barefoot and wearing long robes that are suggested by irregular areas in dark tones, mingling with the fund that is also divided into irregular areas.

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  • Title: Group
  • 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: 1945
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w19 x h25.5cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: Figura Humana:Grupo:Figuras
  • Technique: lead pencil
  • Signature: Unsigned and undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 167
  • Inscription: On back of frame, inscription by Maria Portinari "DN 728”.
  • Function: Small-scale cartoon for the mural painting “Singing School” [FCO 1761]
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-2411
Projeto Portinari

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