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Title
Migrants
Description
Composition in tones earthy, ochre, gray, white, black, rose, red and green. Rough texture. Group of men, women and children against a high wall and suggestion city in the background. In the center of the composition there is the figure of a tall man, who is standing with his head down, on the left arm and hand folded chin, on the right arm lying along the body. wears triangular hat, ill-defined clothing distinguished trousers. Around this central figure on the left, two women with children on his lap and a girl, all standing and facing to the right, a group composed of three boys with triangular hats and a girl. The facial features of the figures are only suggested in some of them and all are barefoot. The group is on the ground in earthy tone against a high wall, looking to the background, the city of suggestion.
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
Themes
Related Event7
Related Document25
Art Form
PaintingArtFormType
Art Medium
oilArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
canvasArtworkSurfaceType
Collection
Height
38
Width
46
Annotation
Signed and dated in bottom right corner "PORTINARI 945"
Annotation Exhibition
On reverse, stamp "Ministério da Educação e Saúde xxx Museu de Belas Artes Geraldo de [illegible] Lins”. On stretcher, label "Galerie Charpentier 76, Rue du FG.Saint Honoré – Paris Anjou 56-61 – 34-82 PORTINARI 1946” and inscription "19”; round stamp "GARE DE LYON – DOUANE DE PARIS”. On back of frame, label from Transportadora Fink.
