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The Caravel
Candido Portinari1955
Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Composition in black and white. Straight and sinuous lines. Tall front view, occupying almost the entire area of the composition. The ship is seen from above and is sailing on the sea is defined by parallel sinuous lines. Ahead of the caravel find themselves fish, two profile to the left and only his head above water. The ship has oval shape. Moose lines define the deck and the masts there is no definition of sheeted candles.
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Details
- Title: The Caravel
- 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: 1955
- Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
- Physical Dimensions: w15.5 x h21.5cm without frame
- Provenance: João Candido Portinari
- Rights: João Candido Portinari
- External Link: Projeto Portinari
- Theme: diverse:objects:vessel
- Technique: India ink pen
- Signature: Signed at bottom right "Portinari". Undated
- Painter: Candido Portinari
- Number: FCO 1065
- Function: Illustration for the poem A caravela, from the book Raízes, by José Paulo Moreira da Fonseca
- Catalogue Raisonné: CR-3381
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