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Prospector
Candido Portinari1938
Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Composition in black and brown. Lines defining contours and shading setting volumes. Composition representing Miner bust study, occupying almost the entire area of the support against brown background. The figure is in profile to the left and with the upper body leaning forward. wear straw broad-brimmed hat, has defined facial features, and see a part of the closed on the right hand.
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Details
- Title: Prospector
- 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: 1938
- Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
- Physical Dimensions: w73 x h87cm without frame
- Provenance: João Candido Portinari
- Rights: João Candido Portinari
- External Link: Projeto Portinari
- Theme: social:workers:prospector, human figure:man, human figure:limbs:head
- Technique: charcoal
- Signature: Unsigned and undated
- Painter: Candido Portinari
- Number: FCO 1987
- Inscription: On reverse, authentication by Maria Portinari de Carvalho and Antônio Carlos Portinari de Carvalho, sister and nephew of the artist, respectively.
- Function: Fragment of the cartoon Gold Mine [FCO 5336]
- Catalogue Raisonné: CR-833
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