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The Clearing

Candido Portinari1955

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in yellow, green, blue tones, gray, ochre, earthy, rose and orange. Texture unidentified. It depicts group of people in the middle of a forest clearing. Composition with geometric areas that overlap with the figures. To the right of the center, a group of a woman with child on her lap, front man with brimmed hat and hands together in front of him, beside him, and behind a boy, an old man. The three adults have suggested facial features, a lap child and the boy did not have facial features represented. On the right, a banana tree with a bunch of bananas filled. Basically, two houses, like wood and on the left trees. Floor with irregular geometric areas.

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  • Title: The Clearing
  • 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: 1955
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w26 x h18cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: social:Northeastern migrant, Nature:landscape:forest, human figure:group
  • Technique: oil
  • Signature: Signed and dated at bottom left edge "PORTINARI 55"
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 4443
  • Notes: Support affixed to cardboard.
  • Inscription: On reverse, stamps from the exhibition in Milan and customs; inscription "[illegible]lováquia”.
  • Function: Illustration no. 6 for the book “A selva,” by Ferreira de Castro
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-3435
Projeto Portinari

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