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Water
Candido Portinari1937
Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Composition in blue, earthy, ochre and red tones. Smooth texture. Composition suggesting three caravels cut by the the top edge of the composition and area in dark earthy tone in the foreground. The three caravels have their bows facing forward, and part of the open sails can be seen but they are cut by the top edge of the composition. The right caravel has a red cross on its sail.
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Details
- Title: Water
- 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: 1937
- Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
- Physical Dimensions: w11.7 x h8cm without frame
- Provenance: João Candido Portinari
- Rights: João Candido Portinari
- External Link: Projeto Portinari
- Theme: non-figurative
- Technique: oil
- Signature: Unsigned and undated
- Painter: Candido Portinari
- Number: FCO 1051
- Inscription: On reverse, authentication by Maria Portinari.
- Function: Small-scale color sketch, not used, for the panel Water [FCO 1763]
- Catalogue Raisonné: CR-777
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