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Raftsman
Candido Portinari1942
Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Composition in black and white. Moose and tangled lines. It depicts raft figures, bounded by rectangle in the upper area of support. Figures marked by contours without facial features. Figure ahead plays an instrument. Figure back is suggested by contours without setting. Floor with straight lines, reminding boards and sailing strokes behind the figures.
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Details
- Title: Raftsman
- 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: 1942
- Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
- Physical Dimensions: w10 x h15cm without frame
- Provenance: João Candido Portinari
- Rights: João Candido Portinari
- External Link: Projeto Portinari
- Theme: social:workers:raftsman, Brazilian Culture:raft, Brazilian Culture:musicians, human figure:figure
- Technique: lead pencil
- Signature: Unsigned and undated
- Painter: Candido Portinari
- Number: FCO 5775
- Notes: Work executed in the artist’s own sketchbook.
- Function: Sketch for the panel Raftsman [FCO 4164]. Musicians Series
- Catalogue Raisonné: CR-1623
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