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Laundry Delivery Boy

Candido Portinari1938

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition unidentified tones. Texture unidentified. It depicts Dyer carrying a dress, in the open countryside. In the center of the composition, to the right of center, man riding bicycle in front without facial features, holding in his on the left hand the handlebars of the bicycle and with the on the right gown. wear light clothing sleeves and long pants. The dress flutters through the air, is long, light-colored with dark dots and it leaves a tape that follows winding across the floor to the front of the composition. To the left of man, mound of earthy that goes to the bottom, dotted with plantations and more to the bottom, about gatepost and vegetation. In the background, hills and sky in tone "degrade" that brightens the horizon.

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  • 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: 1938
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w72 x h60cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: Brazilian Culture:popular types:laundry man, Nature:landscape:hillside, human figure:man
  • Technique: oil
  • Signature: Unsigned and undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 4114
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-933
Projeto Portinari

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