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Bird Vendor

Candido Portinari1961

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in tones rose, blue, green, yellow, red, gray, white and black. Smooth texture and deep rough on the man's figure. Man standing in front, occupying almost the entire height of the composition against geometrized background. It has the oval face covered by shaded at eye level caused by the brim of the hat, suggested facial features. In the face of the on the right, one sees his shadowed profile. He is with the arms down along the body, holding in his on the right hand a head and on the left a square cage fine grids seeing a yellow bird inside. Wears shirt and white pants represented by geometric shapes in chiaroscuro and is barefoot. The background is rose with light geometrized in darker tones to the line that cuts the composition horizontally in the middle of the trunk of the figure and blue in the rest of the composition with vertical rectangle behind the top of the man.

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  • Title: Bird 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: 1961
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w51 x h65cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: diverse:objects:bird cage, Brazilian Culture:popular types:bird vendor, human figure:man
  • Technique: oil
  • Signature: Signed and dated at bottom right "PORTINARI 61"
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 2705
  • Inscription: On reverse, inscriptions "1/39” and "10539A”. On back of frame, inscription "1/39”.
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-4822
Projeto Portinari

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