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Title
Strike
Description
Composition in ochre tones and earthy predominant, yellow, red, blue and black. Smooth, thick, marked strokes. Composition representing strike It depicts with group of women kneeling and sitting on the rails of a railroad and seeing to the locomotive background and rocky region. The rails are in prospect to the bottom, cutting entire height of the composition. In the foreground, on the left of center, figure almost back woman, kneeling on the rail, his arms raised, long dark hair, wearing red dress and is barefoot. A little further back, on the right woman sitting on the rails, in profile to the left, long hair, arms resting on the thighs, legs apart, barefoot, wearing long sleeve dress in shades of blue. Also in the foreground, a little further back, four figures, all sitting, two back and two to the right profile. In the background, three women, standing, back, arms raised, forming a on the right diagonal to the left, facing the background. On the left, sitting on the support, the representation of one or two figures. In the background, still between the rails over a group of women, some sitting and others standing, all with his arms raised. At the end of the tracks in the center of the composition, semicircle with lighter concentric lines, representing the train engine. The background on, also in perspective to the bottom, on the right and on the left, rocky region of representation. Overlapping geometrical areas mainly characterize the ground, but appear irregular in the shadows of the garments and the rocks volume representation.
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
Themes
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Art Form
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Art Medium
oilArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
canvasArtworkSurfaceType
Height
55
Width
46
Annotation
Signed and dated at bottom right "PORTINARI PARIS 1950"
Annotation Exhibition
On reverse, label "Exposição no Pavilhão de Arte Contemporânea de Milão – Itália 21 de março a 21 de abril de 1963 – Col. Mendes André A Greve”.
