General Info
Title
Death
Description
Composition in black and white. Winding straight lines, intersecting and loose strokes. Closed hand holding a flag with the inscription "FAST", surrounded by worms and in the distance, five forces with bodies hanging by ropes occupying the entire area of the composition. In the foreground on the left hand closed front view, holding the stem of a flag with the lower end pointed and whose undulating drapery, which occupies almost the width of the composition, read the "FAST" registration. Hand is surrounded by fantastic worms and one of them has a sore head the rod tip, where blood flows. In the background, on the right, five forces side by side in slight diagonal on the right to on the left and front to back, with bodies hanging from a rope. Basically, in light and dark areas formed by intersecting lines, single lines and short dashes.
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
About
Themes
Function
Artwork Function
IllustrationArtworkFunctionType
Artwork Function Description
Illustration for a poem by Howard Fast
Support and Technique
Art Form
DrawingArtFormType
Art Medium
India ink penArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
paperArtworkSurfaceType
Collection
Notes Collection
It was probably the american poet Howard Fast who commissioned this illustration, which was published in the Les Partisans de la Paix magazine
Dimensions
Height (cm)
20.5
Width (cm)
14
Dimension Notes
precisão: aproximadas
Signature and annotation
Annotation
Signed and dated in top left corner "Portinari 1950"
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