Mentions
General Info
Title
Landscape During Drought
Description
Composition in green tones, earthy, ochre, blue, gray, black and white. Smooth texture, marked and thick brush strokes in some parts of the ox skull. Steer skull and four vultures lined up in perspective geometrized field lanscape. In the foreground on the left, large ox skull lying on the floor with the ears and muzzle to the left to the right and next to it, a black vulture standing in profile to the left. In the background on the left, two vegetation tufts one behind the other and two fat women, bent, with arms outstretched to the ground; in the center, thin trunk of a tree cut by the upper edge of the support and on the right Urubus two, one behind the other in perspective. In the third plan, field lanscape with scattered shrubs, oxen and horses, looking to the right the room vulture outlined in the distance. The floor is all geometrized in shades of teal and earthy.
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
About
Support and Technique
Dimensions
Height (cm)
80
Width (cm)
100
Signature and annotation
Annotation
Signed and dated at bottom left "PORTINARI 938"
Annotation Exhibition
On stretcher, label "Museu Nacional de Belas Artes – Rio de Janeiro – Exposição Portinari Junho 1972”.
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