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“Nonna” from Jardinópolis

Candido Portinari1956

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black and white. Straight and intersecting lines. Drawing representing the artist grandmother driving a carriage, occupying almost the entire area of ​​the composition. The wagon is linked to a horse standing diagonally from the left to the right from front to back with the on the right forepaw raised. It is seen that only part of the wagon is cut by the on the right side edge of the support. The wagon is the grandmother of the artist holding the horse's reins. To the left and to the bottom, forming a diagonal on the left to the right front to back, electricity poles with wires where you see several birds perched.

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  • Title: “Nonna” from Jardinópolis
  • 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
  • Location Created: Brodowski, São Paulo, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w16 x h34cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: portrait:the artist's family:grandmother, Nature:Animals:horse, human figure:woman
  • Technique: India ink pen
  • Signature: Unsigned and undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 436
  • Inscription: On reverse, authentication and inscriptions by Maria Portinari "DN 11” and "Nº 357”.
  • Function: Illustration no. 1 for the book �Retrato de Portinari,� by Antonio Callado. The figure seated in the cart is Maria Sandri Torquato, the artist's maternal grandmother
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-3846
Projeto Portinari

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