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Tunnel

Candido Portinari1935

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black and white. Few lines predominantly shaded, fluid forms of course smoky and dark. In the foreground, on the left and center, way of suggestion that opens in range and narrows as it extends toward the bottom of the composition. On the right, along the way, and three queued cylindrical shapes seen in perspective as if they were poles. In the upper half of the composition, undefined shapes obtained by shading, light and dark, shaded overlapping areas and white areas and some sinuous lines.

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  • Title: Tunnel
  • 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: 1935
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w10 x h13.5cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: Nature:landscape:metaphysics
  • Technique: crayon
  • Signature: Signed in bottom right corner "Portinari". Undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 1808
  • Function: Illustration no. 3 for the book “Poemas concêntricos,” by Corrêa de Sá
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-565
Projeto Portinari

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