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Migrants

Candido Portinari1939

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black and white. Contour lines and shading. It depicts migrants against dark background. In the foreground, the center front of woman holding by the hand a child on each side: the on the left is standing, facing using paper hat on his head, the on the right is standing and naked. A little behind, on the left, boy standing in front, with the head turned to the right, on the left of center, woman standing in profile to the left; sitting on the right black woman from the front part covered by the child who is more forward. Dark background. Shadow areas divide the figures in half, vertically randomly.

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  • 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: 1939
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w18.3 x h18.5cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: social:Northeastern migrant, human figure:child:girl, human figure:child:boy, human figure:group, human figure:man, human figure:woman
  • Technique: zincography
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 861
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-1110
Projeto Portinari

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