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Lassoing Cattle

Candido Portinari1958

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in white and blue. Contour lines and loose. It depicts Men roping steer. At center stage, facing ox with bent on the right leg. It is being Lacy by a man on your on the left and one on the right. The on the left man is lying on his front, holding the bull with ropes. The man on the right is standing front and also holds the ox with rope. On the rightmost man astride prancing horse. Man stands with his on the left arm in the air, holding a rope to lasso the steer whirling in the air. Composition bounded by two horizontal lines above and below. Plain background.

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  • 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
  • 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:working scenes:lassoing cattle, Nature:Animals:ox, Nature:Animals:horse, human figure:man
  • Technique: fountain pen
  • Signature: Unsigned and undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 5760
  • Notes: Work executed in the artist’s own sketchbook.
  • Inscription: Numbers scattered across support "165”, "114”, upside down "165 004”, "23 7”
  • Function: Sketch for the painting “Four Cowboys Lassoing Cattle” [FCO 2841]
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-4371
Projeto Portinari

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