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Scarecrow

Candido Portinari1960

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in blue tones, rose, white, ochre, orange, green, violet and black. Smooth texture and marked brushstrokes. Composition representing scarecrow, which occupies the center of the stand area. The scarecrow is mounted on sticks rounded cross-shaped; He has the head tones rose with facial features suggested slightly stuck in the upper end of the support, leaving visible part that serves as a neck. It has the body and members represented in white cloth with blue spots, and the arms are down and his legs apart. The floor is represented by geometrical overlapping patches in various shades, succeeded by broadband in rose tone and close in blue where the on the right appears in Moon crescent. To the left of the scarecrow, narrow vertical strip cuts the composition and changes tone when it passes from one area to the other.

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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: 1960
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w38 x h47cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: Brazilian Culture:scarecrow
  • Technique: oil , tempera
  • Signature: Signed and dated at bottom right "PORTINAR[I] 60" and on reverse of support "PORTINARI 60"
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 3115
  • Inscription: On back of frame, label "Museu de Arte Moderna-MAM. Exposição ‘Colecionadores das Arcadas’ colecionador: Antônio Leme da Fonseca Filho Obra Espantalho – Portinari”. On stretcher, torn label "Museum of Modern Art [illegible] 73”; inscription "1858”.
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-4685
Projeto Portinari

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