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Rooster
Candido Portinari1945
Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Composition in black, gray and brown. Quick strokes. Head cock occupying almost the entire area of the composition. Profile head to the left, indicated crest, contoured spout having three parallel horizontal lines, represented by eye within circle and diamond feathers suggested by meandering lines. Background shaded by watery gray tone.
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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: 1945
- Location Created: Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brasil
- Physical Dimensions: w16.5 x h20.8cm without frame
- Provenance: João Candido Portinari
- Rights: João Candido Portinari
- External Link: Projeto Portinari
- Theme: Nature:Animals:rooste
- Technique: fountain pen
- Signature: Signed and dated at bottom right "Portinari 945"
- Painter: Candido Portinari
- Number: FCO 2518
- Catalogue Raisonné: CR-2363
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