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Suburban Street

Candido Portinari1948

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in gray tones, black and white. Straight, pasting and shaded lines. On the left prospective street to the right, with representative figures. In the foreground, a little on the right of center, man figure, cut off at the shoulders by the bottom edge of the support. 3/4 has the head turned to the left and wearing a hat whose brim covers her eyes. On the left, standing, cut off at the knees by the bottom edge of the support, that figure seems to be women without anatomical definition. In the background, on the right, suggesting a wall forming an angle like a corner where one sees what could be a sign representing a long clothes figure without defined facial features and a mass B behind as was a holy glow. On the left, along the sidewalk, cue gaps between the buildings, where to focus light bands are projected on the floor. In the third plane, back to human form, as if walking toward the end of the street, with his shadow cast on the right.

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  • Title: Suburban Street
  • 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: 1948
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w11.5 x h37.8cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: Nature:landscape:city, human figure:figure
  • Technique: gouache
  • Signature: Signed in bottom right corner "PORTINARI". Undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 1792
  • Notes: Work destroyed in the 1980s in a fire at owner’s residence.
  • Inscription: On reverse, inscriptions "Para D. Niomar e Dr. Paulo um feliz Ano Novo, com a profunda simpatia de Helena e do Carpeaux” and "Pasta I gav. 6”; label "256”.
  • Function: Illustration for the article “Intenção e arte de Graham Greene,” by Otto Maria Carpeaux
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-2769
Projeto Portinari

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