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He Carried the Corpse to the Hut...

Candido Portinari1959

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black, white, yellow, red ochre, earthy and green. Parallel lines and contour lines lines. Man is holding in his arms the body of the dead child, and in the background, woman, detail of straw building walls and some vegetation. In the foreground, on the left, stylized foliage. In the background, center, front man, kneeling, facing slightly to the left body, face tilted to the right. He has hair and black eyebrows, black eyes and turned to the right, mustache and beard. Striped vest clothes black and has bare feet. Safe in the arms child's body whose head is on the left and on the right feet are. In the third level, on the left, female figure India sitting on the legs, braided hair and bangs, hands folded in her lap. At the bottom, wall description made with straw and wood cuttings, and the on the right outer door opening and stylized tree.

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  • Title: He Carried the Corpse to the Hut...
  • 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: w16.2 x h21.1cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: social:death, social:ethnic groups:Indian, Nature:Animals:vulture, human figure:child, human figure:man, human figure:woman
  • Technique: watercolor, gouache , colored pencil, India ink pen
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 917
  • Notes: Work affixed to blank sheet in copy no. 517 of the book "Romans," by André Maurois, property of Mem Sardinha Xavier da Silveira.
  • Inscription: Signed in dedication at bottom right "Este estudo foi feito para o meu amigo Mem Portinari 960”. Undated
  • Function: Study for the painting “He Carried the Corpse to the Hut...” [FCO 3364]
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-4574
Projeto Portinari

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