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Slave in Babylon
Candido Portinari1945
Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Composition in black and white. Contour lines and quick strokes. Two men profiles to the left and a lyre occupying the entire area of the composition. The figures follow one another from the right to on the left and front to back: young profile with curly hair, facial features outlined seeing is the beginning of clothes with small crosses; Man profile with curly hair and beard, seeing the beginning of draped and large lyre tunic. Moose lines and small lines complete the composition.
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Details
- Title: Slave in Babylon
- 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: 1945
- Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
- Physical Dimensions: w24 x h15cm without frame
- Provenance: João Candido Portinari
- Rights: João Candido Portinari
- External Link: Projeto Portinari
- Theme: human figure:couple, human figure:man, human figure:limbs:head, human figure:woman
- Technique: India ink pen
- Signature: Stamped signature in bottom right corner "Portinari*". Undated
- Painter: Candido Portinari
- Number: FCO 1672
- Notes: Support affixed to cardboard.
- Function: Illustration for the poem �Escravo em Babilônia,� by Augusto Frederico Schmidt, published in the book �10 poemas em manuscrito�
- Catalogue Raisonné: CR-2442
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