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Black Man with Shovel

Candido Portinari1934

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black and white. Lines defining contours, shading setting volumes, small curved lines and scrapes. Plowman standing at rest position, with the spade hand, occupying almost the entire area of ​​the support. The man is black and strong, faces his face almost in profile to the left. Have distinctive head shape of the black race, black kinky hair, coarse facial features poorly defined, thick neck. He has stretched his on the right arm forward, the cord holding a hoe which is supported on the floor and the on the left arm lying along the body. It wears short-sleeved shirt and long pants rolled up. At the bottom, on the right, cut tree trunk and the upper half on the left, black spot. The design is all shaved in the vertical and horizontal direction.

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  • Title: Black Man with Shovel
  • 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: 1934
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w26 x h40.3cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: social:ethnic groups:Black, social:workers:farm hand, human figure:man
  • Technique: India ink pen , India ink brush
  • Signature: Signed and dated at bottom right "PORTINARI 934"
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 1555
  • Inscription: Dedication at bottom left edge "PARA O MARIO PEDROSA COM UM ABRAÇO do Portinari Junho 1935”
  • Function: Study for the painting “Coffee Farm Worker” [FCO 2744]
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-448
Projeto Portinari

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