FCO-2556

SambaExecuted to

1956

code

FCO-2556

CR Number

3789

dimensions

198 x 168 cm

Art Form

Panel

Art Medium

oil

Artwork Surface

canvas
Mentioned By
Is Part Of

EMPTY LABEL

Title
Samba
Description
Composition in ochre, gray, blue, earthy, green, black and orange. Predominant thick smooth texture in the hand of guitarist. Group of four women, a child and a man playing guitar, against geometrized background. Man is slightly on the right of center, sitting down seat, front, playing guitar. Have poorly defined facial features, hands raised and dress shirt with half sleeve, long pants and overly pointy shoe. Leaning on his on the left leg, standing in profile to the left, a child with arms raised towards him, bristling hair. This child wears blouse with stripes in orange and kind of skirt dragging on the floor like a tail. To the left, across the guitarist, a woman as if she were dancing and playing maraca. Has black hair with a curl falling over her on the left shoulder, facial features poorly defined, wears geometrized dress with on the left sleeved, getting naked on the right arm and high heels and pointy. In the background, behind the musician, three female figures. From the left to the right: a tall woman, with his face to the right, hands above each other, at waist height, as if drumming; Girl head shown in green, with eyes protruding black; and another woman's head, with only suggested facial features, and a fallen braid on the left shoulder, finished off with a ribbon bow. All extras, except the girl, have represented skin tone ground. The background gives the idea of ​​an open window to the right, with moon representation in the upper on the right corner. Ground flat and wide areas in the rest of geometric background.
Related Event9
Related Document34
Artwork Function
Executed toArtworkFunctionType
Artwork Function Description
Work executed to decorate the headquarters of the “O Cruzeiro” magazine, Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Work designed by architect Oscar Niemeyer.
Art Form
PanelArtFormType
Art Medium
oilArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
canvasArtworkSurfaceType
Collection
Banco Central do Brasil adquirida em 1976Collection
Previous Collection
Diários Associados adquirida do artista sob encomenda feita por Assis Chateaubriand, em 1954Collection
Height
198
Width
168
Dimension Notes
precisão: aproximadas
Annotation
Signed and dated at bottom right "PORTINARI 56"

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