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Starfish and Fish

Candido Portinari1942

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in blue and white. Contour lines and colored areas. Composition representing the seabed, looking up fish and sea-stars distributed symmetrically, and these are contained in the central areas of amoeboid shape against background in various shades of blue and white. The whole composition is cut by diagonal lines forming squares with angles up and to the sides suggesting network. Around the composition profile of fish are seen to the left and vertically as if they were holding the tail; they are represented in blue when they are against a light background, and white when the background is dark. Wide winding line defines amoeboid occupying much of the area of ​​the composition, finding himself inside star-fish, larger than the fish, but also represented in blue when they are against a light and white background when the background is dark . They are inserted into the square that suggest network but whose mesh is wider. In the center of amoeboid shape, a winding line like a rope form a zigzag, seeing up close a circle whose half is very dark blue that resembles a mandala. In the lower on the left corner of the composition, will the entrance to the building book store.

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  • Title: Starfish and Fish
  • 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: Nature:Animals:starfish, Nature:Animals:fish
  • Technique: tiles
  • Signature: Unsigned and undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 1767
  • Inscription: Inscription in bottom right corner "COMPOSIÇÃO C. PORTINARI EXECUÇÃO OSIRARTE S. PAULO”
  • Function: Work executed for the façade of bookstore at the Palácio Gustavo Capanema, Rio de Janeiro, RJ
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-1736
Projeto Portinari

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