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Work on the Sea

Candido Portinari1939

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in white tones, black, green and earthy. Rapid lines suggesting contours, filled in aquarelados green and earthy tones. It depicts four men removing a sea network with boat in the background. The four men are arranged in perspective from the front to the back, two on the left and two to the right; Network hold the ends as if they were pulling it out of the sea or taking it. The figures are suggested, have the faces, hands and part of the legs indicated by patches of ochre, wear hat, light clothes, their feet and legs of the immersed in seawater, represented in light green tones. At the bottom, two boats suggested.

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  • Title: Work on the Sea
  • 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: 1939
  • Physical Dimensions: w8.5 x h8.5cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: social:working scenes:fishing, social:workers:fisherman, human figure:group:men
  • Technique: watercolor, lead pencil
  • Signature: Unsigned and undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 2389
  • Inscription: Inscription at bottom edge "TRABALHO NO MAR”
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-1014
Projeto Portinari

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