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Title
Prospectors
Description
Composition in green tones, earthy, ochre and gray. Resulting rough texture of the support itself. It depicts miners working in a river. The figures are defined by the masses, there is no definition or of facial features or clothing. In the foreground, on the right, prospector standing in the water of a river, in profile to the left with upper body leaning forward. Holds in hand a panning; wears straw hat with a wide brim and has legs apart and that the on the left is more advanced than the on the right. On the left, shovel planted almost vertically in a dark mound. In the background, on the left, prospector in the water to the waist, front, her head tilted down. wears wide-brimmed hat that covers his face, secured with the panning on the left hand is pressed against his waist and on the right hand suggested. On the third level, the on the right, one prospector in the same position that it is in the foreground. In the background on the left bank of the river that runs along the edge of the top edge of the support seeing a part of a tree trunk; almost to the center of another figure front waist to the miner in water and suggests be folded with the on the right arm; on the right, across the river and part of the tree trunk. The river view is still small dark mounds.
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
Themes
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Artwork Function
Small-scale color sketchArtworkFunctionType
Artwork Function Description
Small-scale color sketch for the mural painting Gold Mine [FCO 1751]
Art Form
PaintingArtFormType
Art Medium
temperaArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
leatherArtworkSurfaceType
Preservation Number
Obra tombada sob o nº 72.52.34.
Collection
Height
42.5
Width
42.5
Annotation
Unsigned and undated
Annotation Others
On back of frame, inscriptions "MAC-USP 72.52.34” and "5”; two labels from Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo / MAC-USP.
