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Slum Scene

Candido Portinari1948

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in tones earthy, blue, gray, ochre, red, green, white and black. Texture unidentified. It depicts slum figures. Morro toned earthy, with scattered houses and some fences. On the left part of the house with windows, where you see figure forward, leaning with his arms on the sill. On the right part of gable roof. In the center, group of people, some with arms raised, suggesting they were dancing. The figures wear colorful clothes and have no definition of facial features. To the right of center, half-water home with person in the window. To the top of the hill several houses. Behind the hill, you see the sea, mountains and sky.

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  • Title: Slum Scene
  • 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: 1948
  • Physical Dimensions: w54 x h46cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: social:shanty town, human figure:figure, human figure:group
  • Technique: oil
  • Signature: Stamped signature in bottom right corner "PORTINARI*". Undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 5140
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-2695
Projeto Portinari

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