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Horse From Back
Candido Portinari1952
Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Composition in black tones, gray and white. Defining boundary lines and shading setting volume. Horse standing with her back slightly on the diagonal on the right to on the left and front to back, with the head turned to the right. Might falling from the left of the composition creating shadow area on the right side of the animal. Bluish gray background.
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Details
- Title: Horse From Back
- 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: 1952
- Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
- Physical Dimensions: w24.5 x h46.8cm without frame
- Provenance: João Candido Portinari
- Rights: João Candido Portinari
- External Link: Projeto Portinari
- Theme: Nature:Animals:horse
- Technique: charcoal, chalk
- Signature: Unsigned and undated
- Painter: Candido Portinari
- Number: FCO 632
- Inscription: On back of frame, inscriptions by Maria Portinari "DN 715” and "Nº 38”.
- Function: Study for the mural painting or panel Bandeirantes; not executed
- Catalogue Raisonné: CR-3042
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