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Title
Burial
Description
Composition in tones earthy, ochre, blue, black and white. Smooth and rough texture. Four men carrying a blue coffin, as if walking on the diagonal on the right to on the left and back to front. There are two men on either side of the coffin, all wearing white pants and jacket, and three of them wearing a hat. At the bottom, the height of the horizon line, a lighter band across the entire width of the composition. Dark blue sky
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
Themes
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Art Form
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Art Medium
oilArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
canvasArtworkSurfaceType
Height
81
Width
100
Annotation
Signed and dated in bottom left corner "PORTINARI 1940"
Annotation Exhibition
On reverse, label "Carnegie Institute Pittsburgh Pennsylvania to ‘Burial’, oil Painting by Candido Portinari owned by Elim O’Shaughnessy cataloge nº 47, Museum of Modern Art Nº 404179 Portinari Nº 5". On back of frame, labels "Galerie Charpentier 76, Rue Du FG Saint Honoré Paris Anjou 57-61-34-82 Portinari 1946” and "Museum of Modern Art Loan 40.4179 O’Shaughnessy”.
