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Title
Man with Shotgun
Description
Composition in blue tones, green, yellow, red, ochre, earthy, white, orange, black and gray. Smooth texture, marked strokes. Man figure against geometrized background in various shades. Representation man half-body, back, occupying almost the entire central area of the composition. Has the head turned to the right, with hair represented in gray and black. Thick neck and short, gray with touches of orange. Red rose and on the left arm raised and bent, hand touching shotgun barrel whose butt is resting on the right shoulder of the figure. On the right arm in red, orange and rose raised and bent, with hand gun pressing against his on the right cheek. Wears clothes with stripes in earthy tone, draping the shoulders, wide sleeves rolled up and furrowed. Background compound composition colored squares and rectangles, seeing themselves in the center of upper half cylindrical shape in blue, red, gray and earthy.
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
Themes
Artwork Function
StudyArtworkFunctionType
Artwork Function Description
Study for the painting The Indians [FCO 4448]
Art Form
PaintingArtFormType
Art Medium
gouacheArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
paperArtworkSurfaceType
Technique
Support affixed to cardboard.
Height
17
Width
14.6
Annotation Author
Signed in dedication in middle of bottom half "Para Yvette e Armando com o abraço do amigo Portinari 960”. Undated
