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Mountain of the Sermon
Candido Portinari1956
Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Composition in black and white. Parallel and tangled lines. Discourse Representation of Mountain, occupying the entire area of the support. Support is almost completely covered with lines, with small flat area on the left. The mountain is represented at the bottom, and front, wired towers suggestion.
Details
- Title: Mountain of the Sermon
- 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: 1956
- Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
- Physical Dimensions: w33.2 x h24.7cm without frame
- Provenance: João Candido Portinari
- Rights: João Candido Portinari
- External Link: Projeto Portinari
- Theme: Nature:landscape
- Technique: India ink pen
- Signature: Signed at bottom right edge "Portinari Israel 55 [sic]"
- Painter: Candido Portinari
- Number: FCO 5072
- Notes: Work is dated 1955, but was actually made after the artist’s trip to Israel.
- Inscription: Inscription at bottom right edge "MONTANHA DO SERMÃO HEPTAGON GALILEA”
- Function: Work executed in Brazil upon the artist's return from Israel. The inscription registers the location that inspired the work.. Israel Series
- Catalogue Raisonné: CR-3983
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