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Title
Prospectors
Description
Composition in ochre, earthy, yellow and blue tones. Rough texture. It depicts four men gold digging in a river. In the foreground ,on the left, a shovel stucked in a sort of dark mound; on the right, a man standing in profile to the left, bending, using a broad-brimmed hat, a long sleeve shirt and pants rolled up below the knees; he holds a pan horizontally, has legs spread, his left leg ahead of his right leg and foot under the river water. In the background, on the right, facing forward man with his head bowed, wearing a hat and a long sleeve shirt; he holds a pan with his left handthat is leaning on his waist, his right hand cupped suggesting something in his palm. On the third level, repetition of the figures of the fore and backgrounds.
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
Themes
Related Event
7
Related Document
7
Artwork Function
Small-scale color sketchArtworkFunctionType
Artwork Function Description
Small-scale color sketch for the mural painting Gold Mine [FCO 1751]
Art Form
PaintingArtFormType
Art Medium
oilArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
paperArtworkSurfaceType
Collection
Height
40
Width
41
Dimension Notes
precisão: aproximadas
Annotation
Unsigned and undated
