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Title
Gathering Gabiroba Fruit
Description
Composition in black and white. Straight lines, curved, angular and parallel dashed lines. Six boys group representation reaping gabirobas under leafy canopies of trees. In the foreground, some wooden poles formed by three strands of barbed wire cutting composition and forming a horizontal open angle whose vertex is the center pole. Over the top wire on the left, five black swallows inns and on the right, two white. On the left tree with trunk represented by vertical lines and on the right behind the fence, boy standing, facing, on the right arm raised holding a branch. In the background, on the left, steer 3/4 facing right with the body dashed accentuating its volume and to the left, further back, bent forward boy before tuft of vegetation. To the right of center, four boys lowered in different positions, reaping gabirobas. The boys are represented by the absence of broken without contour lines, have the facial features just mentioned and wear short-sleeved shirts and shorts or pants rolled up. On the right, another tree trunk with the same characteristics as the first. The floors are all represented by parallel lines in different directions, looking up five representations curves, dashed more like little hills and some vegetation tufts. Along the upper limit of support, angular lines represent leafy treetops.
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
Themes
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Artwork Function
StudyArtworkFunctionType
Artwork Function Description
Study for the painting Children Playing [FCO 2373]
Art Form
DrawingArtFormType
Art Medium
lead pencilArtMediumType
colored pencilArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
paperArtworkSurfaceType
Technique
Support affixed to hardboard.
Previous Collection
Height
35
Width
49.3
Annotation
Signed and dated at bottom right "Portinari 57"
Annotation Author
Inscription at bottom left "Catando Gabiroba”
Annotation Others
On reverse, label from Artefact framing house.
