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Rubber

Candido Portinari1948

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black and white. Predominance of contour lines. It depicts Men extracting rubber. On the left, 3/4 man facing right, crouching, with burden on the head. In the center, man also crouched, back with rubber before him, holding in his on the right hand an ax, with which is hurting the tree and on the left hand, small container. On the right man kneeling on his on the left leg, in profile to the left, holding a stick with a rubber ball. In the background, hint of trees.

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  • Title: Rubber
  • 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: 1948
  • Physical Dimensions: w15 x h13cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: social:working scenes:rubber tapping, social:workers:rubber tapper, human figure:group:men
  • Technique: lead pencil
  • Signature: Stamped signature in bottom right corner "Portinari*". Undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 586
  • Notes: Support affixed to cardboard.
  • Inscription: On reverse, authentication and inscriptions by Maria Portinari "DN 484” and "Nº 134”.
  • Function: Sketch for the painting “Rubber” [FCO 3356]
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-2675
Projeto Portinari

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