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Stevedore

Candido Portinari1933

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black and white. Defining contour lines and light shading setting volumes. Study representing black docker sitting back to back, occupying almost the entire area of ​​the support against a plain background. The figure has strong, muscular body, is bald, with bent arms is probably supported in the legs, wear light-colored trousers and well dug shirt. It is sitting on a square area suggesting a box, with the on the right leg forward, on the left next to the bin and have bare feet. The bottom is flat.

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  • Title: Stevedore
  • 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: 1933
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w25.5 x h36.5cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: social:ethnic groups:Black, social:workers:stevedore, human figure:man
  • Technique: crayon
  • Signature: Unsigned and undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 3392
  • Inscription: On reverse, inscription by Maria Portinari "Nº 254 Desenho de autoria de Candido Portinari, autenticado por Maria Victoria Portinari”.
  • Function: Study for the drawing “Black Man” [FCO 4056] and the painting “Stevedore” [FCO 1551]
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-397
Projeto Portinari

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