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Mining of Gold

Candido Portinari1941-09-29

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black and white. Contour lines, some shaded and cells for expansion. mining It depicts. In the center of the composition across almost the entire width of the support a boat with seven people on board. From the left to the right: a child standing on the edge; a little more behind another child as if falling in the air, upside down; profile figure to the left, with the head turned forward; slightly behind suggestion profile figure to the right; front man, bent down, his hands in the water; another front man, with arms raised, holding a panning on the right hand; figure seated in profile to the left, and, a little further back figure standing back with raised arms. In the foreground on the left man in the water up to his waist in front of the boat, from the front, with the profile head to the right and the on the left hand on the back of the picture that is in the boat, bowed down ; on the right man with water up to the waist, front, with the face in profile to the left, holding a panning hands.

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  • Title: Mining of Gold
  • 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: 1941-09-29
  • Physical Dimensions: w39 x h41cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: social:working scenes:prospecting for gold, social:workers:prospector, human figure:group:men
  • Technique: lead pencil
  • Signature: Unsigned
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 403
  • Notes: Top of support is shaped like a semicircle.
  • Inscription: Dated in inscription in bottom right corner "29-IX-941 Washington”. On reverse, authentication and inscriptions by Maria Portinari "DN 412” and "Nº 723”.
  • Function: Small-scale cartoon for the mural painting “Mining of Gold” [FCO 3768]
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-1578
Projeto Portinari

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