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Title
Lassoing Cattle
Description
Composition in yellow, green, orange, gray, blue, earthy, ochre, red, white and black. Thick texture, marked strokes and using spatula. Three Cowboys roping cattle, occupying almost the entire area of the composition. On orange surface, on the left three cowboys pulling strings in different positions: the on the left is in profile standing to the right, with his face forward, body tilted back, arms stretched forward, on the left leg on the floor and on the right stretched forward and supported muzzle the ox that is lying ahead. Later on, cowboy sitting in profile to the right with his face forward, arms outstretched and legs bent, pulling a rope down. The third cowboy is behind, standing opposite to the face in profile to the right, arms raised holding the coiled rope and legs apart. The three wear leather hat, long sleeve shirt and pants rolled up. Two of them wear sandals and one is barefoot. On the right, huge ox front kneeling on their front legs. It has dark horns, black eyes rimmed red, too red nostrils, half-open mouth and the body is all tooled in different directions causing texture and volume effect. Background in yellow and greenish hues seeing themselves on the left a lighter yellow circle suggesting that the sun.
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
Themes
Related Event2
Related Document27
Art Form
PaintingArtFormType
Art Medium
oilArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
plywoodArtworkSurfaceType
Previous Collection
Height
110
Width
160
Annotation
Signed and dated at right edge "PORTINARI 58"
Annotation Exhibition
On reverse, inscriptions "3” and "2m 24 1/2”; label "Maison de La Pensée Française [torn]”; adhesive tape from Artefact framing house.
