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Composition in black and white. Contour lines. Dyer It depicts playing bagpipes. The scene is bounded by top line and bottom and on the right side. The figure is from the front, by bicycle, with his on the left hand in the mouth, possibly playing the harmonica and holding a billowing cloth, with his on the right hand.

Details

  • Title: Laundry Delivery Boy
  • 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: w24 x h32cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: social:workers:laundry man, Brazilian Culture:musicians:harmonica player, human figure:man
  • Technique: lead pencil
  • Signature: Unsigned and undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 5779
  • Notes: Work executed in the artist’s own sketchbook.
  • Function: Sketch for the panel “Laundry Delivery Boy” [FCO 4162]. Musicians Series
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-1635

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