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Migrants
Candido Portinari1958
Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Composition in black and white. Predominance of contour lines fast, straight and shaded. Group of refugees against background with geometrical areas. On the left pregnant woman in front with child on her lap. In the center, front man with hat on his head. To the right of center, another front man with hat taking ahead sketched child. To the right, two more children sketch. The whole area of the composition is geometrized with areas of light and dark.
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Details
- Title: Migrants
- 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: w13 x h21cm without frame
- Provenance: João Candido Portinari
- Rights: João Candido Portinari
- External Link: Projeto Portinari
- Theme: social:Northeastern migrant, human figure:child, human figure:group, human figure:man, human figure:woman
- Technique: lead pencil
- Signature: Unsigned and undated
- Painter: Candido Portinari
- Number: FCO 608
- Inscription: On reverse, authentication and inscriptions by Maria Portinari "DN 568” and "Nº 768”.
- Function: Study for the painting Migrants [FCO 1145]
- Catalogue Raisonné: CR-4346
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