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Woodcutters

Candido Portinari1937

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black and white. Sketch lines and quick shaded. Outline of workers carrying wooden logs, occupying almost the entire area of ​​the support. On the left, full figure, standing, facing, with marked musculature and face suggested by an oval. His on the right arm is inclined along the body and the on the left bent upward with the hand holding the end of a log that rests on the shoulder. Behind this figure, one can see part of another worker in the same position and is holding the other end of the log. In the upper on the right half of the support stub detail, on a larger scale, wood loader bust part, seeing mainly, the chest part and the on the left arm holding its folded log that rests on the shoulder.

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  • Title: Woodcutters
  • 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: w34 x h46.7cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: social:workers, human figure:man, human figure:limbs:arm
  • Technique: charcoal
  • Signature: Unsigned and undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 2586
  • Inscription: On reverse, inscription by Maria Portinari "Nº 126 Desenho de autoria de Candido Portinari, autenticado por Maria Victoria Portinari”.. On reverse, inscription "TOMBO: 2860”.
  • Function: Study for the mural painting “Brazilwood” [FCO 1748]
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-724
Projeto Portinari

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