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Iron

Candido Portinari1938

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black, red and white tones. Lines defining contours and shaded. Composition representing men working in iron processing. In the foreground, center, man almost back legs apart, holding hands in a tube, and the on the right arm is raised as well. Bare torso wearing trousers, and is barefoot. In the lower on the right corner of a barrel with overhead fallen current. In the background on the left lot of irons; on the right back man with torso leaning forward. On the third level, on the left, front man with iron bar Suggested hands. In the background environment tip closed with openings in arcs and stacked iron bars.

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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: w16 x h17cm 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:group:men
  • Technique: lead pencil , colored pencil
  • Signature: Unsigned and undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 135
  • Inscription: On reverse, authentication and inscriptions by Maria Portinari "DN 482” and "Nº 145”.
  • Function: Study, not used, for the mural painting “Iron” [FCO 1757]
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-849
Projeto Portinari

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