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Title
Prospectors
Description
Composition in black and white. Lines defining shadows and contours with fast and parallel lines. mining It depicts in a river without defined background. In the foreground on the left figure of a man from the front, wearing a hat holding strainer at the waist. To the right, a little further back, Profile man on the left, torso tilted forward, hat on his head, holding a sieve. Legs plunged into the water up to the knees and that the on the left is more forward than the on the right. In the background, a little on the left of center, outline of a third figure.
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
Themes
Artwork Function
StudyArtworkFunctionType
Artwork Function Description
Study for the panel Prospectors [FCO 1665]
Art Form
DrawingArtFormType
Art Medium
lead pencilArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
paperArtworkSurfaceType
Certificate
257
DN Number
373
Height
13
Width
16
Annotation
Stamped signature at bottom right edge "Portinari*". Undated
Annotation Family
On reverse, authentication and inscriptions by Maria Portinari "DN 373” and "Nº 513”.
