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Arab and Dromedary

Candido Portinari1956

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black and white. Parallel lines and shading. Arab It depicts and dromedary in plow. They are directed to the left, the animal ahead and Arabic closer to the center, standing on a kind of wood and holding a rope that is tied around the animal. The dromedary is tied to a stump that is stuck on the ground. They are circulating on a plantation. In the background, lanscape with trees.

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  • Title: Arab and Dromedary
  • 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: 1956
  • Physical Dimensions: w22.5 x h14.5cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: social:working scenes:farming, social:workers:peasant, Nature:Animals:dromedary, human figure:man
  • Technique: lead pencil
  • Signature: Signed in bottom right corner "Galilea Portinari". Undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 5577
  • Function: Israel Series
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-3974
Projeto Portinari

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