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Spinners

Candido Portinari1956

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black and white. Contour lines and parallel. It depicts two women sitting, a back to the other. The figure on the left is sitting back in a rectangular box, with his legs and on the left arm facing left and head slightly to the background, as if looking for a square object, holding with his on the left hand. Wears -neck dress "V" on the back, full skirt, is barefoot and imprisoned hair with ponytail. The on the right woman sits on a rectangular box, from the front, with the body facing right and holding a card (free the wire instrument) with both hands. Has defined facial features, hair tied at the nape, using dress to the ankles and is barefoot. A vertical line in the center divides the two It depicts. Plain background.

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  • Title: Spinners
  • 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: 1956
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w17 x h16cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: social:working scenes:textile mill, social:workers:spinner, human figure:group:women
  • Technique: lead pencil
  • Signature: Signed in bottom right corner "Portinari". Undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 5321
  • Function: Study for the panel “Spinners” [FCO 2532]
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-4075
Projeto Portinari

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