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The Last Bulwark

Candido Portinari1942

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition unidentified tones. Parallel lines, contour, tangled and intertwined. It depicts two mothers with children in his arms, as if to protect them from imminent danger. The figures are intentionally set to significant deformation. Background suggesting street. The two women are to the right of the composition, side by side, almost in profile to the left. The first figure is standing with his on the left foot stretched backward. Holds in his on the left hand and a child on the right, an open umbrella, as if protecting the indefinitely ahead. The woman further back is crouched on his on the left knee, and seems to have two children in her arms, each from one side. At his side, which it seems to be a building. To the left of the composition, lot with junk, taking over a cock with their feet up, supported by the rest of what looks like a beam, a tire, a bicycle seat with loose springs, and under what could be head and deformed hands of a man. Ground lines in parallel. In the background, hint of buildings on the left, the horizon and sky.

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  • Title: The Last Bulwark
  • 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: 1942
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w36.2 x h26.5cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: religious:religious scenes:mothers' wrath, human figure:group:women, human figure:group:children
  • Technique: lead pencil , India ink pen , India ink brush
  • Signature: Signed at bottom right edge "Portinari". Undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 4178
  • Inscription: Inscriptions, at bottom left edge, "Est. Ultimo Baluarte” and on reverse, "Unico croquis a pluma para el cuadro ‘Ultimo Baluarte’, cuadro al óleo que se encuentra en la Radio Tupi de São Paulo, Brasil. Buenos Aires, 14 de agosto de 1947"
  • Function: Study for the panel “The Last Bulwark” [FCO 2736]
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-1740
Projeto Portinari

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