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Title
Stevedore
Description
Composition in tones earthy, gray, white, ochre, blue, lilac, green and rose. Smooth texture. Stevedore and women in the street between facades of houses occupying the entire area of support. In the foreground on the left half-length front mulatto. She has a round face, facial features represented, carries white bundle on her head and wears blue dress with spaghetti straps past the shoulders. To the right of the center of the composition, black man, strong and muscular sitting back on kind of rectangular bank. It is bald, has very thick neck, is with open arms and hands resting on the legs that are far apart. wear white shirt, trousers and long gray are barefoot. On the right, part of a house looking up roof and window shutters. In the background, on the street that runs through a career of houses, two women standing in front of which the on the right wears blue dress and the other is rose. At the upper right corner is seen part of a locomotive with smoke coming out of the chimney. On the third level, another figure of a woman in the front foot, between two houses, using ochre dress.
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
Themes
Related Event5
Related Document30
Art Form
PaintingArtFormType
Art Medium
oilArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
woodArtworkSurfaceType
Height
46
Width
58.8
Annotation
Signed at bottom right "PORTINARI". Undated
Annotation Exhibition
On reverse, label "Museu Nacional de Belas Artes – Rio de Janeiro Exposição: Portinari Data: Junho 1972”.
Annotation Others
On paper affixed to back of frame, inscription "Portinari Cais do Porto – quadro pertencente ao Dr. Chagas Freitas [...]”.
