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The Cemetery
Candido Portinari1943
Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Composition in black and white. Contour lines. Representation of graves in the cemetery. In the foreground, vegetation suggestion, with two bushes on the right and on the left. Throughout the composition, Graves, wherein the first, sees the rectangular shape, with a cross on top. Throughout the composition representation crosses on top of the tombs. In the background, hint of trees.
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Details
- Title: The Cemetery
- 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: 1943
- Location Created: Brodowski, São Paulo, Brasil
- Provenance: João Candido Portinari
- Rights: João Candido Portinari
- External Link: Projeto Portinari
- Theme: Nature:landscape
- Technique: India ink pen
- Signature: Unsigned and undated
- Painter: Candido Portinari
- Number: FCO 4564
- Function: Illustration no. 68 for the book Memorias posthumas de Braz Cubas, by Machado de Assis
- Catalogue Raisonné: CR-1920
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