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Kibbutz

Candido Portinari1956

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in ochre, yellow, earthy, gray, white, green, blue, rose, red, black. Rough texture, marked strokes. Representation activities in a Kibbutz, seeing if women, men, animals, machinery and buildings with plantation in the background. Geometrized floor in ochre and yellow tones. On the right foreground, four oxen standing in fenced, two of which are front and two back. On the left wall construction with clear and red roof, side view. To the left of center, wheel consists of ten female figures outlined, hand in hand, dancing. In the background, on the right, two heavy machinery. Near one of the machines, three figures suggested. At the center, figures in various activities: two or three are lowered as if picking up something on the ground and two bags or pile wood around what appears to be a silo. Near this, group of people in queue arranged around and carrying what looks like tree trunk. Further back, figure viewed from the front tractor. On the left, five equal squares to suggest accommodations. In the background, planting and trees.

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  • Title: Kibbutz
  • 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: 1956
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w60 x h38cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: social:working scenes, social:workers:peasant, Nature:Animals:calf, Nature:Animals:ox, Nature:landscape:field, Nature:landscape:kibbutz, human figure:group:men, human figure:group:children
  • Technique: oil
  • Signature: Stamped signature in bottom right corner "PORTINARI*". Undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 1698
  • Notes: When visited by the Portinari Project in 1979, there was a dedication in the bottom left corner "Para meu querido amigo Malamud com o abraço de Portinari 956", which appears to have been covered by paint during restoration.
  • Function: Small-scale color sketch for the panel “Kibbutz” [FCO 1181]. Israel Series
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-4010
Projeto Portinari

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