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Title
Fishermen I
Description
Composition in blue tones, white, black, orange and yellow. Contour lines and quick strokes. It depicts men and women in place that looks like a beach with mountains in the background. In the foreground, on the right of center, seated woman from the front, with the body slightly turned to the right and profile head to the left. At the bottom on the left, type of stone and the far on the right, angular lines that suggest another stone, with small terraces that seem steps. In the background, the center It depicts with three figures: woman kneeling on the right knee, holding the belly of a fish upside down; at his side, on the right, man standing in front with his on the left arm over his head and the extended on the right to the side, as if he had just delivered the fish to the woman; leaning against this man, on the right, another woman, standing with the profile head to the left, the folded on the right arm in front of her and on the left, extended to the side and up, hangs a draped cloth that seems to of the clothes she wears. To the left of the central group, Profile man for the on the right bent forward with the on the left foot on what appears to be a stone. To the right of the group, standing figure, just sketched, with a child on his shoulders. Figures have defined facial features and its contours are marked by graffiti. In the third level, behind the figures, two pyramidal elevations - the lower on the left to the right - like two armed tents. Suggested sea in the background, three contoured hills graphite on the left and three on the right.
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
Themes
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Artwork Function
StudyArtworkFunctionType
Artwork Function Description
Study for the panel Fishermen [FCO 2692]
Art Form
DrawingArtFormType
Art Medium
lead pencilArtMediumType
colored pencilArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
paperArtworkSurfaceType
Previous Collection
Height
24
Width
53.5
Dimension Notes
precisão: aproximadas
Annotation
Signed and dated at bottom left edge "Portinari Paris 1950"