EMPTY LABEL
Title
Festival of Iemanjá
Description
Composition in ochre, yellow, blue, gray, green, earthy, white and black. Smooth and rough texture. Composition suggesting a large crowd occupying the sand strip of a beach, and part of a sidewalk with parallel and sinuous lines that characterize the Copacabana Beach sidewalks can be seen. On the left, geometrized area with quadrangular shapes, in the center and on the right, a crows is suggested by dark dots over light colored areas and the figures close to the bottom edge of the composition are suggested to be women, all wearing long white dresses.. In the lower right half of the composition, diagonal strip from left to right, back to front, suggesting the Copacabana sidewalk. In the upper edge of the support area, dark area with crossing lines along the width of the composition, in horizontal perspective, suggesting a waving sea and night sky.
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
Themes
Related Event6
Related Document11
Art Form
PaintingArtFormType
Art Medium
oilArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
paperArtworkSurfaceType
Technique
Support affixed to cardboard.
Previous Collection
Bolsa de Arte do Rio de JaneiroCollection
Height
25.7
Width
38.2
Annotation
Signed and dated in middle of bottom edge "PORTINARI 59"
