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Rooster
Candido Portinari1942
Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Composition in black and white. Contour lines and quick strokes. Cock standing occupying the center of the composition against a plain background. The rooster is in profile to the right, has the head turned back, big crest, eyes represented by a circle within a diamond, short dashes represent the feathers, big tail in plume and on the left foot lifted.
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Details
- Title: Rooster
- 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: 1942
- Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
- Physical Dimensions: w18 x h24.5cm without frame
- Provenance: João Candido Portinari
- Rights: João Candido Portinari
- External Link: Projeto Portinari
- Theme: Nature:Animals:rooste
- Technique: dry point
- Painter: Candido Portinari
- Number: FCO 858
- Catalogue Raisonné: CR-1694
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