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Title
Spinners
Description
Composition in yellow shades, orange, blue, ochre, earthy, black, green and violet. Contour lines, dotted, shaded and scrapes. Composition representing six figures working in the various stages of the process of spinning, against background in shades of yellow, orange, green, ochre and blue. From the right to on the left to see part of a spinning wheel (instrument twisting wire); a little farther back, the first spinner, standing in profile to the left. wears violet dress with green mantle and has the on the left arm slightly bent forward and upward; more to the left, see figure suggesting that a man in profile to the left. wear light-colored trousers and shirt, has legs bent, on the left hand holding the edge of a hamper and stretched on the right arm. On the right downtown, woman standing in front, with prisoners and secure hair in his arms only a schematic child. wear long dress sleeves rolled up and have your feet apart. At the center, we see the second sitting spinner, 3/4 toward the on the right, holding a card (instrument to untangle wires) with blanket (kind of ball) has turned into a wick. To the left of center of the composition, a little further back, we see the third sitting spinner, profile for the turned slightly on the left behind; your arms are stretched and holds in his hands a card. More to the left, one sees the fourth sitting spinner front, with arms folded and on the right hands holding a pipe, along with cob (thick wire untwisted), at the tip. In front of a spinning wheel with cob. More to the left, one sees the fifth spinner, standing in profile to the right, with sloping down trunk. It has greenish skin and idly. All figures have arms and slender legs and are barefoot. The background is colored in geometrized regular areas.
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Author
Candido PortinariPerson
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Artwork Function
StudyArtworkFunctionType
Artwork Function Description
Study for the panel Spinners [FCO 2532]
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DrawingArtFormType
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Artwork Surface
paperArtworkSurfaceType
Height
7.5
Width
30
Dimension Notes
precisão: aproximadas
Annotation
Signed and dated at bottom right "PORTINARI 56"
