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Turkey Vendor

Candido Portinari1959

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in white and blue. Moose lines. Man standing in front, occupying the central area of ​​support. The figure is marked by single lines. He has suggested facial features, rectangular face, wearing a hat flaps, shirt sleeves, undefined feet, looking barefoot and holding the on the right hand several turkeys by the legs and head down and machete in his on the left hand. Plain background.

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  • Title: Turkey Vendor
  • 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: 1959
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w24 x h32cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: Nature:Animals:turkey, social:workers:turkey vendor, human figure:man
  • Technique: fountain pen
  • Signature: Unsigned and undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 5757
  • Notes: Work executed in the artist’s own sketchbook.
  • Inscription: Inscription at top right "Peru pros c(sic)rapinas”
  • Function: Sketch for the engraving “Turkey Vendor” [FCO 831]
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-4652
Projeto Portinari

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