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Title
Slave Ship
Description
Composition in tones earthy, ochre, yellow, blue and black. Smooth texture. Heavy architecture ship viewed from the front in aerial perspective with diverse groups of people scattered about the deck geometrized occupying almost the entire area of the composition. On deck, rectangles geometrized on earthy and ochre tones, which are arranged people standing groups, as well as guards or sailors among these groups. Thick masts and ropes cut the composition from above in vertical and diagonal lines. It is seen from the top mainsail cutting the composition in the horizontal near the upper edge of the support and on the sides of the vessel. The sea is blue.
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
Themes
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Art Form
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Art Medium
oilArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
canvasArtworkSurfaceType
Certificate
1367
Height
73
Width
60
Annotation
Signed and dated in bottom right corner "PORTINARI PARIS 1950"
