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Horses

Candido Portinari1943

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black and white. Lines defining contours and quick strokes. Two horses with necks interlaced in the center of the lower half of the support against a plain background. The horses are standing. The on the left, smaller than the on the right, is facing three quarters to the right and the on the right is in profile to the left and has the neck leaning behind, with his head resting on the back of the first. The horse on the left, his head and on the right of the neck are well dashed, while the body of the horse has on the right contour line only. Traces on the floor, below the animals, suggest little undergrowth.

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  • Title: Horses
  • 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: 1943
  • Location Created: Brodowski, São Paulo, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w28.8 x h40cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: Nature:Animals:horse
  • Technique: India ink pen
  • Signature: Signed and dated at bottom right "Portinari 943"
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 1517
  • Inscription: Inscription in middle of top edge "Cap. CXLIX”
  • Function: Illustration no. 75 for the book “Memorias posthumas de Braz Cubas,” by Machado de Assis
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-1929
Projeto Portinari

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