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Rubber

Candido Portinari1938

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black and white. Predominance of contour lines and some shaded. Support squares with graphite, featuring the design for expansion. Study rubber representing a It depicts extraction plantation. In the foreground, to the left, back man with his on the right arm raised, has before him a tree; suggests being with his on the right hand struck the trunk of the rubber tree. On the right, dog lying profile to the left. In the background, on the left, profile man on the left with burden on the head; on the right, front man with arms on the left holding stick with rubber ball on the end that is being cooked in a triangular shape with rounded corners oven. In the third Repetition of the foreground picture. In the background trees and various containers spread the composition.

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  • Title: Rubber
  • 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: 1938
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w14 x h14cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: social:working scenes:rubber tapping, social:workers:rubber tapper, Nature:Animals:dog, human figure:group:men
  • Technique: lead pencil , India ink brush
  • Signature: Unsigned and undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 139
  • Inscription: On reverse, lines possibly by the artist; authentication and inscriptions by Maria Portinari "DN 473” and "Nº 115”.
  • Function: Small-scale cartoon for the mural painting “Rubber” [FCO 1758]
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-851
Projeto Portinari

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