FCO-1388

Epiphany CelebrationIllustration

[1941]

code

FCO-1388

CR Number

1519

dimensions

25 x 28.5 cm

Art Form

Drawing

Art Medium

gouachecolored pencilIndia ink pen

Artwork Surface

paper

EMPTY LABEL

Title
Epiphany Celebration
Description
Composition in blue tones, red, black, gray, yellow and green. Shading defining volume and some contour lines. It depicts a show being watched by a king and Maria Rosa on a street in a city with many skyscrapers. In the foreground on the left, two boys profile to the left, side by side; what is more the front flap without using small hat to the head, which is further behind wears cone-shaped hat and secured on the right hand a kind of rectangular billboard attached to a long pole. To the right, two more figures, also in profile to the left, side by side; that is ahead wears a small hat and shirt with stripes horizontally; that is further back has an extremely long nose and wear brimmed hat. These four figures are cut at approximately the waist height. In the background, the center profile figure to the left, inside a horse Bumba-meu-boi, having his on the right another figure also profile to the left; on the right, heads of over two profile pictures to the left. On the third level, on the left of center, front king figure using crown with tips; on the right of center, next to the king, Maria Rosa figure from the front. These two figures watching people parading in front. In the background, from the left to the right, lines of tall skyscrapers. Faixo light through the on the right composition to the left, from top to bottom.
Related Event9
Related Document21
Artwork Function
IllustrationArtworkFunctionType
Artwork Function Description
Illustration no. 20 for the book “Maria Rosa,” by Vera Kelsey
Art Form
DrawingArtFormType
Art Medium
gouacheArtMediumType
colored pencilArtMediumType
India ink penArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
paperArtworkSurfaceType
Certificate
132
Previous Collection
Cultural Pinakotheke adquiridaCollection
Height
25
Width
28.5
Dimension Notes
precisão: aproximadas
Annotation
Stamped signature in bottom right corner "PORTINARI*". Undated

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