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General Info
Title
Laborers
Description
Composition in blue and white. Quick strokes. It depicts workers working on the construction of a building. In the foreground, to the right, suggesting that a mound of stone or reinforced concrete and beside kind of hopper attached to a cable that serve for the transport of material to the building under construction. To the left, a worker carrying a can in the head. In the background across the entire width of the support, vertical and horizontal lines defining the building looking to the right, suggesting various figures distributed by the floor construction.
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
About
Themes
Function
Artwork Function
SketchArtworkFunctionType
Artwork Function Description
Sketch, not used, for the panel Industrialization of Brazil [FCO 2731]
Support and Technique
Dimensions
Height (cm)
13
Width (cm)
12
Signature and annotation
Annotation
Unsigned and undated
Annotation Family
On reverse, inscription by Luiz Portinari, the artist’s brother, "operarios desenho a tinta executado por meu irmão Candido Portinari”.
