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Title
Fishermen II
Description
Composition in black and white. Contour lines, fast and shaded lines. It depicts men and women in place that looks like a beach with mountains in the background. In the foreground, to the right of center, woman kneeling on the right knee, his body 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, in profile to the left, with a child riding on his neck. Behind the figures, geometric areas giving chiaroscuro effect. Sea suggestion to the bottom and a chain of mountains outlined on the horizon.
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
Themes
Related Event3
Related Document3
Artwork Function
StudyArtworkFunctionType
Artwork Function Description
Study for the panel Fishermen [FCO 2692]
Art Form
DrawingArtFormType
Art Medium
lead pencilArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
paperArtworkSurfaceType
Certificate
535
Previous Collection
Height
24
Width
53.5
Dimension Notes
precisão: aproximadas
Annotation
Signed in middle of bottom edge "Portinari Paris 1953 [sic]"
Annotation Others
On back of frame, card "PORTINARI, Cândido – 1903-1962. 56. Pescadores, desenho, as. e dat. PARIS 1953 parte inf. [with certificate of authenticity by Maria Portinari] 25 x 53,5”; label from Artefact framing house; inscription "56”.
