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Composition in black and white. Contour lines, shaded, angular lines, quick strokes. It represents two men working in the interior of iron foundry, seeing themselves boilers on the left and on the right. One of the workers is on the left of center, standing with his back. He has head, leg and arm on the right profile to the right. His on the right hand holds the object or long, rectangular instrument seen in diagonal direction in the melting pot that is at the upper right corner. He has his legs apart and his bare torso, dress pants rolled up and has bare feet. To his on the left big pot or hanging on stream can. To the right of center is the other lowered worker and profile to the left, with hands holding iron bars that are stacked on the floor. It has the naked torso, dress pants rolled up and is barefoot. In the top on the right, cauldron on furnace plate. Throughout the composition on the figures, sinuous lines, shading, and grisados ​​interlocking features.

Details

  • 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: 1954
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w42 x h31cm 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: lead pencil
  • Signature: Signed and dated at bottom left edge "Portinari 954"
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 2325
  • Inscription: On reverse, inscriptions by Maria Portinari "Col. João Candido não vende Nº 52” and "[Fe]rro – desenho a lápis 76 1/2 x 51”.. On reverse, inscription "15/6/62 [illegible signature]”; stamps "BAINBRIGDE BOARD TRADE NUMBER 80 MARK 22 x 30 OR 30 x 40 SINGLE OR DOUBLE THICK CHARLES T. BAINBRIDGE’S SONS, BROOKLYN, N.Y.” and "PARIS EXPOSITI[ON] [DO]UAN[E]”; label "MAISON DE LA PENSÉE FR”.
  • Function: Illustration for the October page of Panair do Brasil's 1955 calendar.
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-3288

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