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The Rubber Tapper

Candido Portinari1955

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black, white and red. Contour lines and tangled. Tapper It depicts extracting latex forest. On the right foreground, back man, in front of a tree. He's hands above his head, leaning against the tree. The tree has parallel sides converging butchers for a straight cut in the center, through which the liquid flows. On the left, one agouti turn to the right, the center is a maned facing left. In the background, center, an agouti front and trunk of a tree on the left. Further back, an anteater facing left. Background with tangled lines.

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  • Title: The Rubber Tapper
  • 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: w37.1 x h39cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: Nature:Animals:ibis, Nature:Animals:spotted cavy, social:workers:rubber tapper, Nature:Animals:anteater, Nature:landscape:forest, human figure:man
  • Technique: lead pencil , crayon, sanguine
  • Signature: Unsigned and undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 4279
  • Inscription: On reverse, inscription by Maria Portinari "Desenho de autoria de meu marido Candido Portinari - Maria Victoria Portinari"
  • Function: Study for the painting “The Rubber Tapper” [FCO 4438]
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-3411
Projeto Portinari

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