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Composition in black and white. Contour lines, parallel straight lines and shading. Horse-mounted man with boy on the back. Profile horse on the left, occupying almost the entire area of ​​the composition. The animal has the on the right forepaw and the head lifted up. The man sitting on the saddle's hat, has his head turned to the left and represented facial features. On the back, boy, profile sitting to the left, without representation of facial features, holding the man's waist with his on the left arm. At the bottom, well defined vegetation tuft. Basically, vegetation suggestion. Stripes formed by light-dark diagonal corner, cutting the composition.

Details

  • Title: Man on Horseback with Boy on Back
  • 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: 1959
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w23 x h25cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: Nature:Animals:horse, human figure:child:boy, human figure:man
  • Technique: etching , aquatint
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 812
  • Function: Original illustration no. 9 for the book �Menino de engenho,� by José Lins do Rego
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-4609

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