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Iron

Candido Portinari1938

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black and brown. Contour lines and shading. It depicts in iron casting, with two men carrying bars and arch the back. In the foreground, center, man standing in front with his head bent forward, holding in his arms a bundle of iron bars in a horizontal position. Has the muscular body is bare torso, pants rolled up to his shins and legs apart and barefoot. His on the left foot is covered by a figure which is on the right, which sees the on the left arm, back and on the left leg. On the floor the handle of a spade and three piles of iron bars forming a diagonal on the right to on the left and front to back. In the background, on the right, another man in smaller proportions and in the same position of the first. At the bottom, the arcade brick through which we see a path cut off his entire width and a kind of trough behind.

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  • Title: Iron
  • 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: 1938
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w92 x h226cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: social:working scenes:steel mill, social:workers:metal worker, human figure:man
  • Technique: charcoal
  • Signature: Unsigned and undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 2302
  • Function: Fragment of the cartoon “Iron” [FCO 5342]
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-850
Projeto Portinari

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