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Pyramids and Eye

Candido Portinari1943

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black and white. Tangled lines, straight and contour. Composition representing three pyramids and eye being leaked. Across the width of the on the right composition to on the left and front to back, one sees three pyramids in arid lanscape. In the air, the on the left eye open, profile to the right, with sharp object on your cornea. Still in the air, in the center of the composition, with square lines toward the bottom suggesting trail of a flying object and, above, a circle. In the foreground, tangle of dark lines. Straight lines crossing the composition randomly.

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  • Title: Pyramids and Eye
  • 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: 1943
  • Location Created: Brodowski, São Paulo, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w16.5 x h16cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: Nature:landscape:metaphysics, human figure:limbs:eyes
  • Technique: India ink pen
  • Signature: Signed and dated at bottom right "Portinari 943"
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 1242
  • Function: Illustration no. 3 for the book “Memorias posthumas de Braz Cubas,” by Machado de Assis
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-1830
Projeto Portinari

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