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Slum

Candido Portinari1942

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition unidentified tones. Texture unidentified. It depicts musicians and dancers in celebration against background with hills and buildings. The figures are contoured with thin black lines and are set with significant deformation. In the foreground, two figures shown to the mid-thigh. On the left, clarinetist standing, facing left. Wearing a hat, striped shirt and light suit. Secure with both hands the clarinet that is playing. On the right, ukulele player, front, head turned to the left. wear plaid shirt, coat and smooth dark pants with fine scratches. In the background, in the center of the composition, man with fancy Bumba-meu-boi. He faces, his head turned to the right, wearing a hat, striped shirt, and below the waist covered by fantasy. The Bumba-meu-boi, has large head, open mouth and body represented with swirled drapery, adorned with black lines. More to the left, back, man standing with arms raised and cross on the right foot over on the left, dancing. He wears striped shirt and plain trousers. Further back, girl turned to the left, also dancing with short dress fluttering. She is leading a group of people who have followed the musicians. At the bottom, on the left and on the right, hills with vegetation; in the central area, the hill with buildings of buildings and houses. In heaven, on the right, pipa, and on the left balloons. Sky representation and skyline. Clear ground.

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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: 1942
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: social:shanty town, social:ethnic groups:Black, Brazilian Culture:dance:Samba, Brazilian Culture:popular celebrations:carnival, Brazilian Culture:musicians:clarinet player, Brazilian Culture:musicians:cavaquinho player, human figure:group:men, human figure:woman
  • Technique: tempera
  • Signature: Unsigned and undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 4166
  • Notes: Work destroyed on March 12, 1949 in a fire at headquarters of the Rádio Tupi of Rio de Janeiro, RJ.
  • Function: Work executed to decorate the headquarters of the Rádio Tupi of Rio de Janeiro, RJ.. Musicians Series
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-1620
Projeto Portinari

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