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The Rioters Before the Dragons

Candido Portinari1944

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black and white. Straight and circular lines. It depicts two groups representing a street schematic figures, facing each other. The group on the left is in disarray, it's compact, seeing are some figures with arms up. On the right deeper, you see the second group, more organized, formed by rows of four people, all walking with the earlier on the right leg to the left. At the bottom, diagonally on the left to the right, front to back, horizontal lines and vertical suggesting constructions.

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  • Title: The Rioters Before the Dragons
  • 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: 1944
  • Location Created: Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w19 x h14cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: Figura Humana:Grupo:Figuras
  • Technique: India ink pen
  • Signature: Signed at bottom right edge "Portinari". Undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 1297
  • Inscription: Inscription in bottom left corner "15”
  • Function: Illustration no. 14 for the book “O alienista,” by Machado de Assis
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-2220
Projeto Portinari

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