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Migrants

Candido Portinari1958

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black and white. Contour lines, dotted and shaded. Man sitting and kneeling group of three people. In the foreground to the center, man sitting in profile almost ground to the left, with poorly defined head, slightly apart legs straight. On the right chest of tinplate closed. In the background, three kneeling figures: front of woman, man the center suggesting be holding the head of the man sitting in the foreground, which is in front. On the right, kneeling, front, and dog lying. Background with some lines and shaded, suggesting areas of light and dark.

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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: 1958
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w21 x h24cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: social:death, social:Northeastern migrant, Nature:Animals:dog, human figure:man, human figure:woman, diverse:recurring elements:trunk
  • Technique: lead pencil
  • Signature: Stamped signature in bottom right corner "Portinari*". Undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 610
  • Inscription: On reverse, authentication and inscriptions by Maria Portinari "DN 620” and "Nº 782”.
  • Function: Study for the painting “Migrant Dying” [FCO 3407]
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-4339
Projeto Portinari

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