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The Rubber Tapper

Candido Portinari1955

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in green tones, blue, earthy, ochre, red, black and white. Texture unidentified. It depicts tapper extracting latex through the forest. In the foreground on the right half-length back man, facing a tree that has side butchers converging to a straight cut in the center, from which runs the liquid. Man is hands above his head, leaning against the tree. It wears clear shirt and has a rifle hanging on the left shoulder. On the left, one agouti turn to the right. In the background, center, an ounce of front and trunk of a tree on the left. Further back, an anteater, facing left. Geometrized background representing ground and forest.

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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: w17 x h19cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: Nature:Animals:cougar, Nature:Animals:agouti, Nature:Animals:anteater, Nature:landscape:forest, human figure:man
  • Technique: oil
  • Signature: Signed and dated at bottom right "PORTINARI 55"
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 4438
  • Function: Illustration no. 1 for the book “A selva,” by Ferreira de Castro
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-3430
Projeto Portinari

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