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Rubber Tapper
Candido Portinari1956
Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Composition in green tones, rose, red, black, orange and white. Predominance of straight lines and some winding. Seringueiro rubber extracting a forest. On the right man standing back to back wearing straw hat and long sleeve clothing; has arms raised suggesting be extracting sap of a rubber tree that is in front. On the left, a small animal suggesting that a dog and another suggesting an armadillo. Background representing very dense forest, looking up lots of foliage and part of the tree trunks.
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Details
- Title: Rubber Tapper
- 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: 1956
- Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
- Physical Dimensions: w14.7 x h20.5cm without frame
- Provenance: João Candido Portinari
- Rights: João Candido Portinari
- External Link: Projeto Portinari
- Theme: social:working scenes:rubber tapping, social:workers:rubber tapper, Nature:landscape:forest, human figure:man
- Technique: lead pencil , colored pencil
- Painter: Candido Portinari
- Number: FCO 1909
- Notes: Work executed on flyleaf of a copy of the book "A selva," by Ferreira de Castro.
- Inscription: Signed and dated in dedication at bottom right "Para o velho amigo Adour, com o abraço de Portinari 56”
- Catalogue Raisonné: CR-3830
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