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Candido Portinari1957

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black tones, white, blue, sepia, orange, green and gray. Straight and parallel lines. Hollow represented geometrically cut on the left by the support edge. In the foreground, horizontal parallel lines. In the background, part of a hill, all dotted with darker areas suggesting doors and windows shacks. One of the windows on the left, two figures, one of which appears to be Pierrot costume. Background represented by parallel lines vertically.

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  • Title: Slum
  • 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: 1957
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w16.3 x h35cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: social:shanty town, human figure:figure
  • Technique: lead pencil , color crayon, sepia
  • Signature: Stamped signature at bottom right edge "Portinari*". Undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 664
  • Inscription: On reverse, authentication and inscription by Maria Portinari "DN 1010”.
  • Function: Study
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-4196
Projeto Portinari

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