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Title
Bandeirantes
Description
Composition in green tones, blue, earthy, ochre, yellow, gray, black and orange. Smooth and rough texture. Four figures standing on the right half of the support against geometrized background. To the right of the composition, figure of a pioneer, full body, front holding a gun with both hands vertically to the left of the body. To his on the left, also full body front, figure of a pirate with a gun at the waist, his on the right hand holding the belt and the on the left forehead, as if looking in the distance. Behind the back of pioneer, a man. Behind and between the heads of the pioneer and pirate, the head of another man. The three front figures wear long beard. The on the left half of the composition and background are geometrized, standing out on the left, three darker vertical stripes interspersed with rectangles of different colors suggesting kills.
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
Themes
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Artwork Function
Small-scale color sketchArtworkFunctionType
Artwork Function Description
Small-scale color sketch for the panel Bandeirantes [FCO 2553]
Art Form
PaintingArtFormType
Art Medium
oilArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
woodArtworkSurfaceType
Height
37.5
Width
31.5
Annotation
Signed in bottom right corner "PORTINARI". Undated
