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Scarecrow

Candido Portinari1945

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition unidentified tones. Texture unidentified. It depicts scarecrow mounted on various pieces of wood against light background and wearing geometrized clothes. The scarecrow faces, wearing a hat, has a face without a nose set, big eyes and mouth. Open arms and legs each mounted on a timber having visible nails; hands down, in which you can see the definition of fingers. Geometrized clothes, like scraps of fabric. The log is supported on a beam, which seems to end in the stomach and lock a thicker, amended on the right and on the left pieces of wood. Might background.

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  • Title: Scarecrow
  • 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: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w82 x h100cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: Brazilian Culture:scarecrow
  • Technique: oil
  • Signature: Unsigned and undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 5302
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-2336
Projeto Portinari

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