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Title
Scarecrow
Description
Composition in gray, red and white. Rapid lines. Armed scarecrow in the field with birds flying in the distance. In the center, armed scarecrow in two pieces of wood cross with the circular head high filled with dashes. Over the crossbar falls drapery leaving visible the stick. This falls on the vertical beam to forking at the time of the legs. Clothing is colored red and marked with small crosses. On the floor some risks zigzag course and suggesting on the right suggestion hills on the horizon. At the top, representing birds flying in the distance.
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
Themes
Art Form
DrawingArtFormType
Art Medium
colored pencilArtMediumType
fountain penArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
paperArtworkSurfaceType
Technique
Work executed on menu from ship Giulio Cesare.
Height
17
Width
21.5
Dimension Notes
precisão: aproximadas
Annotation
Signed at bottom right "Portinari". Undated
Annotation Others
In top half, printed inscription "‘ITALIA’ SOCIETÀ DI NAVIGAZIONE GENOVA” and shipping company flag. On reverse, reproduction of vase of flowers and signatures of those present (Vera Zander; Robert Maurice, Minister of Switzerland; Franco Bellia, Italian commercial attaché; Yedda and Silvio Schiller; Liliana Angeli; and Maria and Candido Portinari).
