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Title
Dead Man
Description
Composition in black and white. Straight, curved and shaded lines. Groups of women and children watching the dead. In the foreground on the left, a man of the on the right-hand diagonal to the left and from front to back, wrapped in cloth, feet bare. On the right tuft of vegetation represented by straight lines. In the background, the center, six people grouped, being the central figure a woman with disheveled hair and facial features well-marked, as well as the child in front. To the left of the central figure, woman in profile to the left, holding a child by his side. To the right and front of the central figure, kneeling woman with face covered by hands with pronounced breasts and belly. The figure on the right front, stands, appears to be a child, face front and semicoberto the right hand. Basically, around the group, vegetation as anthurium leaves and other tufts scattered in the composition.
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
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Artwork Function
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Artwork Function Description
Original illustration no. 20 for the book Menino de engenho, by José Lins do Rego
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Notes Certificate
Portinari Project Certificate of Authenticity no. 1287, no. 1630.
Height
36
Width
28
