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Simon Bacamarte Locks Himself up in the Green House

Candido Portinari1944

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black and white. Contour lines and winding. It depicts man walking in a garden looking to the bottom wall with gate in the center. The figure is in the center of the area of ​​the composition, standing with her back; it is with the head tilted down, his hands behind him and wears jacket. It seems to be walking for a long and winding road looking up in some parts tuft suggestion represented by zigzag lines. At the bottom, the wall across the entire width of the support, finding itself in the center, wrought iron gate and behind the same part of a building with six windows.

Details

  • Title: Simon Bacamarte Locks Himself up in the Green House
  • 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: 1944
  • Location Created: Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w19.5 x h17cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: human figure:man
  • Technique: India ink pen
  • Signature: Signed at bottom right edge "Portinari". Undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 1318
  • Function: Illustration no. 35 for the book “O alienista,” by Machado de Assis
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-2262

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