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Migrants

Candido Portinari1959

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black and white. Parallel and straight lines shaded. Retreatants family, side by side, occupying the entire width of the support. From the left to the right, you see: girl with head tilted to the left, holding a bag and with his on the left hand due to an old beside him; This looks at the girl and has white hair and beard, represented by short dashes, and relies on a staff in his on the left hand; woman looks pregnant holding a bag in his on the right hand; another woman carrying a child in her lap; and head man down and bag back without facial features represented. On the floor, parallel lines suggest road. At the bottom on the left, well-designed vegetation and on the right, rushes representation.

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  • Title: Migrants
  • 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: 1959
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w21.5 x h23.5cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: social:Northeastern migrant, human figure:child, human figure:group, human figure:man, human figure:woman
  • Technique: etching , aquatint
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 815
  • Function: Original illustration no. 12 for the book “Menino de engenho,” by José Lins do Rego
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-4618
Projeto Portinari

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