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Macaw
Candido Portinari1941
Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Composition in black and white. Contour lines. Ave, occupying almost the entire vertical area of the composition, against white background. The bird is back, turned slightly to the left, perched on a branch. It has worked down, and long tail well pronounced beak.
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Details
- Title: Macaw
- 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: 1941
- Physical Dimensions: w7 x h15.5cm without frame
- Provenance: João Candido Portinari
- Rights: João Candido Portinari
- External Link: Projeto Portinari
- Theme: Nature:Animals:macaw
- Technique: India ink pen
- Signature: Unsigned and undated
- Painter: Candido Portinari
- Number: FCO 736
- Inscription: On reverse, authentication and inscriptions by Maria Portinari "DN 655(11)” and "Nº 961”.
- Function: Illustration for the book Descrição verdadeira de um país..., by Hans Staden, which was never published
- Catalogue Raisonné: CR-1534
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