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Title
Discovery of Brazil
Description
Composition in black and white. Predominance of straight lines and some shaded. It depicts that takes place on the deck of a ship. In the foreground, on the left, man climbing a rope in the center back another man, also climbing on a rope; beside her, crouching man holding a sort of box. In the background and bottom various groups of people. Several strings cut the composition diagonally above the top of the composition, seeing if two men climbing rope ladders.
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
Themes
Related Event
Related Document
3
Artwork Function
StudyArtworkFunctionType
Artwork Function Description
Study for the panel Discovery of Brazil [FCO 2693]
Art Form
DrawingArtFormType
Art Medium
lead pencilArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
paperArtworkSurfaceType
DN Number
702
Previous Collection
Bolsa de Arte do Rio de JaneiroCollection
Height
49
Width
38.5
Dimension Notes
precisão: aproximadas
Annotation
Unsigned and undated
Annotation Family
On back of frame, inscriptions by Maria Portinari "DN 702” and "Nº 30”.
