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Arab on Plow
Candido Portinari1956
Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Composition in black and white. Contour and skectch lines. Man in a plow and a plantation on the background. In the center, man sitting facing back, with a mantle over his head, driving a plow, which is in a path that crosses a plantation. On the background, hills, and the sun to the right and some trees to the left.
Details
- Title: Arab on Plow
- 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: w23 x h32cm without frame
- Provenance: João Candido Portinari
- Rights: João Candido Portinari
- External Link: Projeto Portinari
- Theme: social:working scenes:farming, social:workers:farm hand, human figure:man
- Technique: lead pencil
- Signature: Stamped signature in bottom left corner "Portinari*". Undated
- Painter: Candido Portinari
- Number: FCO 249
- Inscription: Inscription in middle of bottom half "SABATH”. On reverse, lines possibly by the artist; authentication and inscriptions by Maria Portinari "DN 378” and "Nº 975”.
- Function: Study for the drawing Arab on Plow [FCO 248] and for the painting Arab on Plow [FCO 3047]. Israel Series
- Catalogue Raisonné: CR-3975
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