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Title
Culture of Minas Gerais
Description
Composition in gray tones, ochre, white, blue, earthy, green, orange and black. Smooth texture. Representation of a city with ancient and modern buildings separated by a group of conspirators. The whole composition is geometrized in small rectangles blocks forming plans in perspective. On the left, in the first third of the support, horizontal constructions of multiple windows, several towers scattered churches and mountains in the background. In the center, in the second third of the support, eight men group representing the conspiracy, with the four back only indicated by the circular mass of heads and the four front looking to the right in the direction it points to one of them. To the right of the group, skyscrapers block in most frontal plane than the rest of the composition and three sets of power lines passing through the buildings with little black birds perched on them. On the right in the last third of the support, set of buildings in perspective for background with television antennas suggestion coming from the roof of a few.
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
Themes
Related Event
Related Document3
Artwork Function
Small-scale color sketchArtworkFunctionType
Artwork Function Description
Small-scale color sketch for the panel Culture of Minas Gerais [FCO 2472]
Art Form
PaintingArtFormType
Art Medium
oilArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
woodArtworkSurfaceType
Certificate
335
Height
24.5
Width
82
Dimension Notes
precisão: aproximadas
Annotation
Unsigned and undated
Annotation Family
On mat, inscription by Maria Portinari "MAQUETA [sic] PARA O PAINEL ‘INCONFIDENCIA MINEIRA’ DE AUTORIA DE CANDIDO PORTINARI, em 1960 – AUTENTICADO POR Maria Victoria Portinari, EM 1973".
Annotation Others
On reverse, label "Tableau de artes plásticas ltda R. Peixoto Gomide 1881 S.P. 808144 COMPRA CONSIGNAÇÃO 161/2”; inscriptions "nº 4” and "741”.
