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Title
Scarecrow over Hay
Description
Composition in ochre, yellow, gray, blue and black. Thick texture with marked brushstrokes. Scarecrow mounted on cross frame occupying almost the entire area of the composition against background suggesting that a hay field. At the top, head face with face square shape, hair and spiky beard, black eyes. On the beam that forms the arms drops a drapery in shades of gray covering the vertical beam forming the body of the scarecrow even split in two at the height of the legs, where you see the end of the on the left leg of the frame. Background in ochre and yellow tones giving idea hay field with strokes in different directions.
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
Themes
Related Event2
Related Document16
Art Form
PaintingArtFormType
Art Medium
oilArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
canvasArtworkSurfaceType
Height
145
Width
115
Annotation
Signed and dated at bottom left "PORTINARI 58"
Annotation Others
On reverse, inscription "145 x 115”; illegible stamp. On back of frame, label from Artefact framing house.
