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Man Climbing Rope Ladder

Candido Portinari1955

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black tones, white, rose, ochre, sepia and blue. Contour lines, dashed parallel and shaded. Sailor climbing rope ladder against dark background. The ladder through the vertically up and man up for her, is seen from the bottom up with the sole of the front foot. The man wears striped clothes long sleeve and has the on the right foot two steps below the on the left.

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  • Title: Man Climbing Rope Ladder
  • 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: 1955
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w14 x h26.3cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: social:workers:sailor, human figure:man
  • Technique: gouache , lead pencil , color crayon, sepia , India ink pen
  • Signature: Stamped signature in bottom left corner "Portinari*". Undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 427
  • Inscription: On reverse, authentication and inscriptions by Maria Portinari "DN 128” and "Nº 403”.
  • Function: Study for the panel “Discovery of Brazil” [FCO 2693]
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-3369
Projeto Portinari

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