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Title
Shantytown with Musicians
Description
Composition in green tones, blue, gray, orange, rose, lilac, yellow, and ochre earthy. Smooth texture and marked brushstrokes. Composition representing slum with three musicians to the center. In the foreground, to the left and on the right representation of two shacks. In the background, center, three musicians, two sitting - the on the left playing the guitar and the clarinet on the right - and the third between the two, a little further back, standing, playing opossum. They are using light clothing, have dark skin and their heads are just indicated. The three musicians are between two shacks with a third a little further back. Looking ahead to the bottom, continued slum represented by geometric areas in different colors. The composition is divided into colored vertical stripes, juxtaposed, suggesting the decomposition of light, looking from the left to the right the colors: purple, blue, green, yellow, orange and rose.
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
Themes
Related Event2
Related Document8
Art Form
PaintingArtFormType
Art Medium
oilArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
woodArtworkSurfaceType
Collection
Height
46
Width
55
Annotation
Signed and dated in bottom right corner "PORTINARI 957"
