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Sitting Figure

Candido Portinari1952

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in tones earthy, ochre, yellow, rose, blue, gray, green, black and white. Texture unidentified. It depicts depicted man sitting on the right in bed type and owl on top of a wall, staring at him. In the foreground, man sitting on the edge of a bed, his back slightly turned to the right and to the bottom. It is with esvoaçados hair back, wears sleeveless shirt and is looking a vulture that is on the edge of a wall. The owl has big eyes, is with open wings and looks at the man. The wall background, loose portraits of four figures. Five thick trunks of trees to the left of the man in perspective to the bottom and to the field that extends to the left. Some pitas scattered on the floor. Floor with geometrical areas.

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  • Title: Sitting Figure
  • 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: 1952
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: Nature:landscape:field, human figure:figure
  • Technique: gouache
  • Signature: Signed at bottom right "Portinari". Undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 4825
  • Function: Illustration no. 23 for the novel “Cangaceiros,” by José Lins do Rego. Cangaceiros Series
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-3122
Projeto Portinari

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