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The Cougar

Candido Portinari1955

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in yellow, blue, green, browns, earthy, red, black and white. Strong and parallel lines. The jaguar hunting It depicts. The scene takes place in a forest, represented by blue undergrowths tufts of green and earthy and tree trunks. The hunter is back, aiming a shotgun to a beast that lies ahead. Oz faces, a long standing tree trunk is horizontally on the ground. It has an open jaw, showing long canine teeth inside the mouth red; black round eyes and small ears. The trunk where the animal is in blue and red colors which shows the cut wood. Some long black lines represent a kind of vine, which is vanishing point at the end of the forest.

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  • Title: The Cougar
  • 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
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: Nature:Animals:cougar
  • Technique: colored pencil
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 6150
  • Inscription: Signed and dated in dedication at middle of bottom edge "Para Eloah e Simeão com amizade de Portinari Rio 55"
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-5054
Projeto Portinari

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