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Candido Portinari1959

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in blue, violet, lilac, green, gray, earthy , white and red tones. Rough and smooth texture. Small rectangles overlapped forming a large hill, with perspective to the background, giving the idea of ​​a city. The geometrization suggests homes and buildings composing a set of ogival shape. In the foreground on the half left bottom, a small house with lean-to roof and,by its side , the representation of a figure resembling a Carajá indigenous woman head-carrying a bucket of water. In the right half bottom, a woman figure with a rag around he head, with no defined facial features, standing in the other house window. On top of this house, as if she were upstairs, another woman leaning on the window with her right arm out pointing down. In the center of the set, light area like a beam of light reflecting an X shape.

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  • Title: City
  • 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: 1959
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w89 x h159cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: social:shanty town
  • Technique: oil
  • Signature: Signed and dated at bottom left "PORTINARI 59"
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 1434
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-4479
Projeto Portinari

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