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Lassoing Cattle
Candido Portinari1958
Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Composition in black and white. Contour lines and loose. It depicts men roping steer. In the center of the composition, great bull from the front, to the left, two figures outline holding rope attached at the mouth of the animal. In the background, in the center, the figure holding the tail of the Ox. On the right prancing horse from the front, suggesting have mounted knight. Background with some smoky.
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Details
- Title: Lassoing Cattle
- 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: 1958
- Provenance: João Candido Portinari
- Rights: João Candido Portinari
- External Link: Projeto Portinari
- Theme: social:working scenes:lassoing cattle, Nature:Animals:ox, Nature:Animals:horse, human figure:man
- Technique: lead pencil
- Signature: Signed and dated in bottom right corner "Portinari 58"
- Painter: Candido Portinari
- Number: FCO 6086
- Catalogue Raisonné: CR-5030
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