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Title
The Lunatics Set Free
Description
Composition in black and white. Contour lines and straight. It depicts a man standing on a street and several figures sketched and running with his arms up, seeing to the construction background with clerestory windows. In the foreground, to the left and on the right lines suggesting walls. In the background, center, man standing in front with his arms back and legs apart, on your on the right, the man running big steps and with your arms straight up, more to the left, another figure in the same position; on the right three figures suggested only by rapid lines. In the background, in the center, part of a building with three rectangular windows with grills.
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
Themes
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Artwork Function
IllustrationArtworkFunctionType
Artwork Function Description
Illustration no. 28 for the book O alienista, by Machado de Assis
Art Form
DrawingArtFormType
Art Medium
India ink penArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
paperArtworkSurfaceType
Collection
Height
9.5
Width
19
Annotation
Signed at bottom right edge "Portinari". Undated
Annotation Author
Inscription in bottom left corner "29”