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Title
Rubber
Description
Composition in ochre, earthy, red, gray and blue. Smooth texture. It depicts men working in the extraction of rubber. In the foreground, to the left, back man with legs apart and on the right arm raised, holding a tool toward the tree trunk is in front, as if extracting latex. This figure is repeated in the second and third planes, causing the first, a perspective to the bottom and to the right. Still in the foreground, on the right, dog lying profile to on the left and a rubber ball at his side, more to the right. In the background on the right, man standing in front, his head tilted to the left. On the left profile man on the left, carrying canister in the head holding with his on the left hand. In the center of the composition, a kind of cone where it is latex cooking. On the ground, cut several logs, rocks, vegetation and trees tufts, of which only see the trunks to the bottom of the composition ..
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
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Function
Artwork Function
Small-scale color sketchArtworkFunctionType
Artwork Function Description
Small-scale color sketch for the mural painting Rubber [FCO 1758]
Support and Technique
Art Form
PaintingArtFormType
Art Medium
gouacheArtMediumType
lead pencilArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
paperArtworkSurfaceType
Authenticity
Certificate
339
Collection
Previous Collection
Dan GaleriaCollection
Christie'sCollection
Dimensions
Height
40
Width
41
Signature and annotation
Annotation
Signed in bottom right corner "Portinari" and "Portinari". Undated
Annotation Others
On reverse, inscriptions "Borracha”, "Estudos Para os afrescos do Palacio do Ministerio da Educação e Saude no Rio de Janeiro” and "R.L. 3-2-39”; stamp "U.S. APPRA[ISER] NEW YORK F.A.I. SPECIAL BOND 1757 Date MAR 18 1939”.
