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Title
Bird Vendor
Description
Composition in tones rose, blue, green, yellow, red, gray, white and black. Smooth texture and deep rough on the man's figure. Man standing in front, occupying almost the entire height of the composition against geometrized background. It has the oval face covered by shaded at eye level caused by the brim of the hat, suggested facial features. In the face of the on the right, one sees his shadowed profile. He is with the arms down along the body, holding in his on the right hand a head and on the left a square cage fine grids seeing a yellow bird inside. Wears shirt and white pants represented by geometric shapes in chiaroscuro and is barefoot. The background is rose with light geometrized in darker tones to the line that cuts the composition horizontally in the middle of the trunk of the figure and blue in the rest of the composition with vertical rectangle behind the top of the man.
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
Themes
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Art Form
PaintingArtFormType
Art Medium
oilArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
plywoodArtworkSurfaceType
Certificate
1499
Height
65
Width
51
Annotation
Signed and dated at bottom right "PORTINARI 61"
Annotation Others
On reverse, inscriptions "1/39” and "10539A”. On back of frame, inscription "1/39”.
