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Prospectors

Candido Portinari1951

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black, white and blue tones. Sketch lines, well-marked. mining It depicts in river and some hills in the background. Four figures in perspective from front to back, with legs in the river, leaning forward, holding screens and wearing hats, the first of which is in profile to the right and the other to the left. On the right side, three triangular shapes, suggesting the river and the center of the on the left side, another triangle with the same suggestion. In the background, the river, cutting the on the left of the diagonal composition to on the right and from front to back, and sketch two hills.

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  • Title: Prospectors
  • 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: 1951
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w8.5 x h12cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: social:working scenes:prospecting for gold, social:workers:prospector, human figure:group:men
  • Technique: lead pencil , colored pencil
  • Signature: Unsigned and undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 590
  • Inscription: On back of frame, inscriptions by Maria Portinari "DN 712” and "Nº 53”.
  • Function: Sketch for the painting “Prospectors” [FCO 5058]
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-2957
Projeto Portinari

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