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Shells and Sea Horses

Candido Portinari1941

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in blue and white. Smooth texture. The composition is formed in the center of large amoeboid form all filled with shells against any background filled hippocampi. The shape is contoured with amoeboid online darker. The inner area of ​​the whole shape is divided regularly lozenges, inside which are shells. To the right of amoeboid shape, sees element that suggests a crescent moon, in darker shade and on the left this way, five species of bats also in dark tone. Background of the composition is divided into smaller diamonds all of the lozenges of amoeboid area, each containing one hippocampus profile to the left.

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  • Title: Shells and Sea Horses
  • 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: 1941
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w177 x h137cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: Nature:Animals:sea horse, Nature:Animals:shell, non-figurative
  • Technique: gouache
  • Signature: Unsigned and undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 58
  • Inscription: On reverse, inscription by Maria Portinari "ON 1096”.
  • Function: Small-scale color sketch for the tile panel �Shells and Seahorses� [FCO 1768]
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-1463
Projeto Portinari

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