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Toucan

Candido Portinari1944

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in ochre, earthy, yellow, orange, white, blue and black. Smooth texture. It depicts figure dressed in costume toucan. The figure is standing in front, with the profile head to the left, on the left arm up and on the right down. It has great beak, face orange tones down the head and body; area in yellow and white tones in the belly and arms; legs represented in the hands and feet. Plain white background.

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  • Title: Toucan
  • 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: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w17.5 x h25.5cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: Nature:Animals:bird, human figure:figure
  • Technique: watercolor, lead pencil
  • Signature: Initialed at bottom right "CP". Undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 4978
  • Function: Costume design for the Iara Ballet
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-2150
Projeto Portinari

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