FCO-1846

Cangaceiros and WomenIllustration

1951

code

FCO-1846

CR Number

3004

dimensions

34.5 x 39 cm

Art Form

Painting

Art Medium

gouachelead pencilfountain pen

Artwork Surface

kraft paper
Mentioned By3
Is Part Of2

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Title
Cangaceiros and Women
Description
Composition in red tones, ochre, yellow, earthy, blue, rose, black and green. Smooth texture, transparency effects in contrast to opaque areas. Composition representing three It depicts focusing on the bandit. At the center, women and outlaw dancing. The woman standing on the left almost in profile to the right and wear dressed in ochre and blue tone. The bandit is standing on the right 3/4 on the left, with on the right arm wrapping his on the left hand and woman holding her on the right hand on the chest. Bandit wearing a hat, cartridge belt crossed over his chest, cartridge belt around the waist, suit and shirt in ochre, bare feet. On the left, twenty group and a sitting bandits. All are back and have their heads tilted toward the chest. Three of them are represented sitting rectangular bench with hat over his black hair and full bandit costume with crossed cartridge belts in the back. The remaining eighteen are represented by repeating hats, seen in perspective, in five consecutive rows. On the right cangaceiro they are lying on the ground, dead, shown foreshortened. It is on the left diagonally to the right, toward the bottom of the composition. Vest suit in ochre tones, has the on the left hand on the belly and the on the right on the ground. Nearby, three women kneeling in his direction. One has his hands on his face and the other two have slightly lowered heads. The first seems to be crying while others seem to pray. Further back, thirteen women standing in front of it, with twelve are just sketched and on the left is more defined. Rose floor with geometric shapes in shades of red, orange and earthy. In the background wall in blue and white with door or opening on the left.
Related Document7
Artwork Function
IllustrationArtworkFunctionType
Artwork Function Description
Illustration no. 3 for the novel “Cangaceiros,” by José Lins do Rego
Art Form
PaintingArtFormType
Art Medium
gouacheArtMediumType
lead pencilArtMediumType
fountain penArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
kraft paperArtworkSurfaceType
Technique
Support affixed to plywood.
Height
34.5
Width
39
Dimension Notes
precisão: aproximadas
Annotation
Signed and dated at bottom right "Portinari 1951"
Annotation Others
On back of frame, inscription "572”. On stretcher, inscription "3”.

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