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Three Figures

Candido Portinari1951

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black, white and blue tones. Contour lines. It depicts three figures standing with home suggestion in the background. From center to on the right: Profile man on the right holding hat in his on the left hand, on the right arm bent, worn a suit and boots; woman from the front, looking at the man on the left, on the right arm bent in front of the belly, holding his on the left arm, which is bent at chest level, using long, barefoot clothing; male profile to the left with the on the left arm bent at breast height using loose shirt and pants ankle barefoot. In the bottom on the left, draft horse grazing and vegetation and on the right lines suggesting home.

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  • Title: Three Figures
  • 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: 1951
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w34 x h22cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: Nature:Animals:horse, human figure:man, human figure:woman
  • Technique: lead pencil , colored pencil
  • Signature: Stamped signature at bottom left edge "Portinari*". Undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 755
  • Inscription: On reverse, authentication and inscriptions by Maria Portinari "DN 207” and "Nº 331”.
  • Function: Study for the painting �Mother of Cangaceiro� [FCO 4813]
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-2998
Projeto Portinari

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