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Shantytown at Dawn

Candido Portinari1960

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in roses, green, blue, yellow, violet, lilac, gray, white, black and earthy tones. Smooth texture with some marked brushstrokes. Geometrized hill, giving idea of ​​slum represented in light shades, cut by the side edges of the support and another hill on the left, immediately behind, from which only the top in blue can be seen. In the foreground, on the left, violet square area representing a shack, and at the window a busty woman, with arms raised her hands on the head. To the left of the center and behind, three musicians: one seated, 3/4 turned right, playing the guitar; another standing, facing forward, playing clarinet and the third, also standing in profile to the right, playing trumpet. They all wear suits. To the right, two more houses represented as if they were cubes viewed from the side, and at the window of each of them a female figure with the same characteristics of the firSaintNeither women nor musicians have defined facial features. In the background, on the left, representation geometrical houses overlapped in greater proportion than the other hill houses, decreasing in size as they reach the top. In the third level, on the left, another hill, of which only the tip can be seen, represented in shades of blue, with less sharp geometrics.

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  • Title: Shantytown at Dawn
  • 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: 1960
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w97 x h130cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: social:shanty town, social:ethnic groups:Indian, Brazilian Culture:musicians:band, human figure:group:men, human figure:woman
  • Technique: oil
  • Signature: Unsigned and undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 2314
  • Inscription: On stretcher, labels "81”, "nº 51 – Favela Exposição no Pavilhão de Arte Contemporânea de Milão – Itália 21 de março a 21 de abril de 1963 Col. João Candido Portinari” and "Rio – Fink – nº 3327 – 109”.. On reverse, inscriptions "‘FAVELA’ PINTADO POR CANDIDO PORTINARI EM 1961", "769 Galeria Milão” and "FAVELA Original de CANDIDO PORTINARI”. On back of frame, inscriptions "nº 84 397 PORT PV 3, 5 MA [illegible] 456 OF”.
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-4687
Projeto Portinari

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