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Chest and Calabash
Candido Portinari1946
Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Composition in tones earthy, blue, yellow and white. Smooth texture. Gourd and trunk occupying the center of the area of the composition. In the foreground, yellow bag diagonally behind having gourd. Ground in earthy tone with the skyline and representation of the sun in the upper on the right half of the composition.
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Details
- Title: Chest and Calabash
- 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: 1946
- Physical Dimensions: w22 x h30cm without frame
- Provenance: João Candido Portinari
- Rights: João Candido Portinari
- External Link: Projeto Portinari
- Theme: diverse:recurring elements:trunk, diverse:recurring elements:gourd
- Technique: gouache
- Signature: Signed at bottom right "Portinari". Undated
- Painter: Candido Portinari
- Number: FCO 3993
- Inscription: On reverse, inscription "MR SEGHERS”. On stretcher, inscription "22”.
- Function: Illustration for cover of América magazine
- Catalogue Raisonné: CR-2488
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