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Title
Samba
Description
Composition in ochre, earthy, blue, violet, yellow, orange and black. Smooth texture, marked strokes. Color design, representing It depicts with man playing guitar, three women and a child, against the background composed of geometrical areas in light tones. In the center of the composition, man sitting in front, playing guitar. The figure holds the guitar neck with his on the left hand and touches the strings with the on the right hand. Wear clothes in blue tones are sitting round stool and have legs apart. The three women are standing, facing, have a dark complexion and slightly suggested facial features. The on the left is with his arms raised and seems to play a maraca holding with his on the left hand. wears dress composed of geometrical areas of blue, as well as shoes. The center looks tapping with your hands, wear dressed in gray-rose shoes and blue tones. The on the right has the hair in braids and seems to be playing a blue tambourine, above the head of the guitar player. On the right musician, suggestion kneeling girl in profile to the left, with his arms raised holding the man's arm. wear orange blouse and long skirt, suggested by a shapeless mass in blue tones. The floor is set in ochre; the bottom, geometrical areas as well ochre, and the light areas suggest a window through which one can see the sun. The background behind the heads of the two central female figures and on the left, consists of stain blue square.
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
Themes
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Artwork Function
Small-scale color sketchArtworkFunctionType
Artwork Function Description
Small-scale color sketch for the panel Samba [FCO 2556]
Art Form
PaintingArtFormType
Art Medium
oilArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
cardboardArtworkSurfaceType
Collection
Banco SafraCollection
Height
35
Width
30
Dimension Notes
precisão: aproximadas
Annotation
Unsigned and undated
Annotation Family
On reverse, inscription by Maria Portinari "Estudo para um painel no edifício do ‘O Cruzeiro’ pintado a oleo por meu marido Candido Portinari, Rio de Janeiro – Brasil 25/4/72 Maria Victoria Portinari”; notarized signature.
