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Three Nuns Mounted on Donkeys

Candido Portinari1956

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black and white. Defining contours and broken lines suggesting volume. Three nuns mounted on donkeys, occupying almost the entire area of ​​the composition. In the foreground on the left front of nun mounted with the legs to the right side of the animal. In the background, the center of another nun front also mounted sideways, with legs to the right of the animal that is with the head turned to the right and further to the right, a third nun back.

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  • Title: Three Nuns Mounted on Donkeys
  • 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: 1956
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w22 x h18cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: Nature:Animals:donkey, human figure:group:women
  • Technique: lead pencil , crayon
  • Signature: Unsigned and undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 725
  • Inscription: On reverse, authentication and inscriptions by Maria Portinari "DN 281” and "Nº 916”.
  • Function: Study for the drawing “Don Quixote and Sancho Panza Prostrate Before Women and Horse” [FCO 1214]. Don Quixote Series.
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-3746
Projeto Portinari

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