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Dead Man

Candido Portinari1954

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black and white. Contour lines and shading. It depicts slightly aerial perspective of view, representing men with dead indigenous. To the left of center, Indian lying on net stretched on the ground, to be transported. It is with your feet forward of the composition and head to the bottom; is naked arms stretched along the body and have suggested facial features. Man lying on the right, is headless, with the trunk facing forward and feet to the right, diagonally; on the right arm suggested by shading, and suggestion pants at the time of the shins. On the left, standing man, his body tilted to the right, pulling the network you are on the first death, by both ends. On the right in the background, between the two dead, another man leaning, almost from the front slightly to the left, holding the other end of the network. Plain background.

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  • Title: Dead Man
  • 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: 1954
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: social:death, human figure:group:men
  • Technique: India ink pen , lead pencil
  • Signature: Signed and dated at bottom left "Portinari 54"
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 4420
  • Function: Study for the painting “The Dead Indian” [FCO 4447]
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-3360
Projeto Portinari

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