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Title
Fishermen
Description
Composition in light shades of yellow, ochre, green, blue, purple, white, gray and shades earthy, orange and black. Smooth texture. Fishing It depicts on the beach against geometrized background. From the left to the right: curved boy's profile to the right; man standing, 3/4 back facing left holding what appears to be a hook resting on the floor; woman kneeling in front with 3/4 head turned to the right, holding a large fish upside down; man standing in front with legs apart, holding his on the right hand a fish and on the left at the height of the forehead. Two women, one standing with head turned to the left and the other crouching in front of him, and man walking profile to on the left with a child on his shoulders. Geometrized beach in ochre, yellow, green tones, blue, orange, green earthy and the bottom track in the horizontal representing the sea and gray sky.
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
Themes
Related Event4
Related Document7
Artwork Function
Small-scale color sketchArtworkFunctionType
Artwork Function Description
Small-scale color sketch for the panel Fishermen [FCO 2692]
Art Form
PaintingArtFormType
Art Medium
gouacheArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
cardboardArtworkSurfaceType
Previous Collection
Ernani LeiloeiroCollection
Height
12.5
Width
25
Annotation Author
Signed in dedication on reverse "Para o querido amigo Dr [illegible] com os melhores votos de natal e ano bom Portinari”. Undated
Annotation Others
On reverse, framing tape from Artefact framing house.
