General Info
Title
Scarecrow
Description
Composition in blue tones, green, ochre, white, rose and red. Scarecrow in field lanscape. In the foreground, center, scarecrow hanging from tall pole wood, stuck in the middle of a plantation in the center of a path that cuts through the plantation facing the bottom of the composition. The scarecrow has bangs and reddish hair blowing to the right, eyes represented by blue rectangles and nose by color rose triangle, open mouth with visible teeth and a red vertical line on each side. wears garments in ochre and white, with sleeves over the heads of the pole arms and there are pieces of round wood in place of hands and feet. In the background, continued planting, which introduces a triangular up hills vegetation third plane. In the background, blue sky with white clouds.
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
About
Themes
Support and Technique
Collection
Notes Collection
In 1958, Cláudio Goulart de Andrade owned a Paisagem de Petrópolis, by Batista da Costa, and a Paisagem, by Rodolfo Amoedo, both of which had dried out. To treat them, he contacted Rosinha Leão, who worked with Portinari in the atelier in Leme. Portinari saw and liked the work by Batista da Costa and proposed an exchange; the owner accepted, requesting a work with a scarecrow. Portinari made this work with its background, a country landscape with mountains in the background, reminiscent of the landscape by Batista da Costa.
Dimensions
Height (cm)
39
Width (cm)
27
Signature and annotation
Annotation
Signed and dated in bottom right corner "PORTINARI 59"
Relations
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