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Title
Chorus
Description
Composition in ochre, earthy, white, gray, blue, rose and green. Smooth texture. Choir formed by 21 people against background divided into areas with geometric shapes. The group is facing slightly diagonally from the right to on the left and front to back. The women in the front row have the facial features represented. The two on the right holding a musical score and the first arm has a shoulder at his side in Fig. They wear long robes and have sort of cloth over his head. Clothes are divided into irregular areas mingling with the background. At the upper right corner, curved line defining the shape of the wall.
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 mural painting Chorus [FCO 1762]
Art Form
PaintingArtFormType
Art Medium
oilArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
canvasArtworkSurfaceType
Height
48.5
Width
37.5
Annotation
Unsigned and undated
Annotation Author
Dedication at bottom left "PARA ANA LUIZA E GUSTAVO AFFONSO com o maior desejo de Felicidade Rio 11 setembro 961”. Inscriptions, in middle of bottom half, "MAQUETE DEFINITIVA PARA MURAL ‘CORO’ para o salão de conferencia do MINISTERIO da Educação e Saude” and "PINTADO A OLEO sobre tela Mural executado a tempera sobre muro”
