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Title
Iron
Description
Composition in black and white. Contour lines, shaded, angular lines, quick strokes. It represents two men working in the interior of iron foundry, seeing themselves boilers on the left and on the right. One of the workers is on the left of center, standing with his back. He has head, leg and arm on the right profile to the right. His on the right hand holds the object or long, rectangular instrument seen in diagonal direction in the melting pot that is at the upper right corner. He has his legs apart and his bare torso, dress pants rolled up and has bare feet. To his on the left big pot or hanging on stream can. To the right of center is the other lowered worker and profile to the left, with hands holding iron bars that are stacked on the floor. It has the naked torso, dress pants rolled up and is barefoot. In the top on the right, cauldron on furnace plate. Throughout the composition on the figures, sinuous lines, shading, and grisados interlocking features.
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
Themes
Related Event9
Related Document5
Artwork Function
IllustrationArtworkFunctionType
Artwork Function Description
Illustration for the October page of Panair do Brasil's 1955 calendar.
Art Form
DrawingArtFormType
Art Medium
lead pencilArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
paperArtworkSurfaceType
Height
31
Width
42
Dimension Notes
precisão: aproximadas
Annotation
Signed and dated at bottom left edge "Portinari 954"
Annotation Family
On reverse, inscriptions by Maria Portinari "Col. João Candido não vende Nº 52” and "[Fe]rro – desenho a lápis 76 1/2 x 51”.
Annotation Exhibition
On reverse, inscription "15/6/62 [illegible signature]”; stamps "BAINBRIGDE BOARD TRADE NUMBER 80 MARK 22 x 30 OR 30 x 40 SINGLE OR DOUBLE THICK CHARLES T. BAINBRIDGE’S SONS, BROOKLYN, N.Y.” and "PARIS EXPOSITI[ON] [DO]UAN[E]”; label "MAISON DE LA PENSÉE FR”.
