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Title
Beduin Man
Description
Composition in black and white. Predominance of parallel lines, contour lines and fast. Composition representing tents mounted on ass, occupying the central area of the composition, and die sun. The tents are mounted on ass with straight horizontal ears, eyes and nostrils suggested. The Bedouin are facing, has suggested facial features, head wrapped in a turban that blends amid the draping tunic that covers her arms and legs. The drape is suggested by graphics, comprising beam of parallel lines. The donkey seems to be in narrow path that follows the slope of occupying the on the right half of the area of the composition. In the upper on the left corner, sun representation cut by the upper edge of the support.
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
Themes
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Artwork Function
StudyArtworkFunctionType
Artwork Function Description
Study for the drawing Desert in Negev [FCO 243]
Art Form
DrawingArtFormType
Art Medium
lead pencilArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
paperArtworkSurfaceType
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Height
27
Width
22.5
Annotation
Signed in bottom left corner "Portinari". Undated
Annotation Author
Inscription at bottom left "DESERTO NEGUEV BIDUINO”
