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Ship and Fish
Candido Portinari1941
Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Composition in black and white. Contour lines and watercolor touches. In the center of the composition, horizontal, three-masted boat with open sails, taking the bow turned to the right. Circling the boat, which suggests being in the water, several scattered fish. In the sky, near the boat sails, two flying fish. Watery touches in various areas of the composition.
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Details
- Title: Ship and Fish
- 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
- Physical Dimensions: w30.6 x h26cm without frame
- Provenance: João Candido Portinari
- Rights: João Candido Portinari
- External Link: Projeto Portinari
- Theme: Nature:Animals:fish, diverse:objects:vessel, Nature:landscape:river view
- Technique: India ink pen , India ink wash
- Signature: Unsigned and undated
- Painter: Candido Portinari
- Number: FCO 745
- Notes: Support affixed to cardboard.
- Inscription: On reverse, inscription by Maria Portinari "Desenho de autoria de Candido Portinari, para ilustrar Hans Staden. Autenticado por Maria Victoria Portinari DN 664 Nº”.
- Function: Illustration for the book �Descrição verdadeira de um país...,� by Hans Staden, which was never published
- Catalogue Raisonné: CR-1543
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