FCO-1250

Bird CagesIllustration

1943

code

FCO-1250

CR Number

1922

dimensions

16 x 16.5 cm

Art Form

Drawing

Art Medium

India ink pen

Artwork Surface

paper

EMPTY LABEL

Title
Bird Cages
Description
Composition in black and white. Contour lines. It depicts three rectangular windows, side by side, looking up hanging from each bird with a cage. The windows appear to have wide window sills and through them is seen only suggested lanscape. The cages are hung by rings in the center of the upper limit of each window. They have half-oval shapes formed by rods dark. Within each one of them sees a small bird, in profile to the left, perched on perch.
Location Created
Related Event
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Artwork Function
IllustrationArtworkFunctionType
Artwork Function Description
Illustration no. 70 for the book “Memorias posthumas de Braz Cubas,” by Machado de Assis
Art Form
DrawingArtFormType
Art Medium
India ink penArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
paperArtworkSurfaceType
Collection
Museus Castro Maya doada em 1969Collection
Height
16
Width
16.5
Annotation
Signed and dated at bottom right "Portinari 943"

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