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The Power and the Glory

Candido Portinari1959

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in blue tones, earthy, gray, ochre, orange, green and yellow. Smooth texture, with marked brushstrokes. Man sitting in box on a platform, as if in space, with building behind him, with the sky full of stars and moon background with St. George in. The man is at the center of the composition, in profile to the left, sitting on a rectangular box that is perched on a platform that seems to be in space. The figure has voluminous shapes, almost bald head, cheeky, hands in her lap and increased bare feet. Wears pale shirt and gray pants represented by geometric areas. On the right side margin, behind the figure, a construction represented by geometric areas on earthy and orange with green window where a woman of dark complexion is outlined in profile to the left. Behind the building a black boy in green shirt, as if peering man the center. The stone floor, where the man and the building is square and geometrically represented in various shades. Intense sky, lighter near the platform, full of stars. On the top edge, a little on the left of center, full moon, and in St. George mounted profile horse to the left and the dragon.

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  • Title: The Power and the Glory
  • 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: 1959
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w18.5 x h25.5cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: human figure:man
  • Technique: oil
  • Signature: Signed and dated at bottom left edge "PORTINARI RIO 59"
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 2939
  • Notes: Support affixed to canvas.
  • Inscription: On stretcher, inscription "126 15-VII-74”. On back of frame, inscription "MV305”.
  • Function: Illustration, not used, for the novel “La Puissance et la gloire,” by Graham Greene
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-4587
Projeto Portinari

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