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Horses

Candido Portinari1951

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in orange tones, earthy, blue, ochre, gray, black and white. Smooth texture. Three horses with raised front legs and a human figure, inserted in color and irregular geometric shapes. In the center of the composition against blue geometry, horse rearing, diagonally from the right to on the left and front to back, the neck and head turned to the right and up and tail raised in an arc. Sitting on his back, from the front, an animal that appears to be an ounce. On the left, at the time of the horse's hind legs, figure of a man lying on the ground with his head to the left, set in gray geometric shape with the lower legs in the blue area. Wears tight clothes on the body, astronaut jumpsuit suggesting, has the on the left hand on the stomach and on the right arm away along the body without defined facial features. To the left and above the figure of the man, another prancing horse to a lesser extent than the first, set in geometric shape earthy. Faces, with the neck and head facing right. At the same time, and this proportion, on the right, another prancing horse against earthy geometric figure, also from the front, with the head turned upward and to the right. Orange background.

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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: 1951
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w44 x h33.5cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: Nature:Animals:cougar, Nature:Animals:horse, human figure:man
  • Technique: gouache
  • Signature: Signed and dated in bottom right corner "Portinari 1951"
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 1516
  • Function: Section of a small-scale color sketch for the mural painting or panel “Bandeirantes”; not executed
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-2969
Projeto Portinari

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