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Pigeons

Candido Portinari1960

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in blue and white tones. Diagonally crossed straight lines, graphite, forming squares tiles. Sinuous line. Uneven areas in two shades of blue and white and darker blue wavy line skirting the limits of the composition. Within each square, a dove flying to the left, and in areas where the background is white, the pigeons are blue; on dark blue background, doves are white, as well as in some areas in light blue.

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  • Title: Pigeons
  • 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: 1960
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w25 x h7.5cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: Nature:Animals:dove, non-figurative
  • Technique: gouache , lead pencil
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 1559
  • Notes: Support affixed to cardboard.
  • Inscription: Signed and dated in dedication at bottom right "Para o Callado o PORTINARI 60”
  • Function: Small-scale color sketch for the tile panel “Pigeons” [FCO 3683]
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-4671
Projeto Portinari

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