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Title
The Power and the Glory
Description
Composition in blue tones, earthy, gray, ochre, orange, green and yellow. Smooth texture, with marked brushstrokes. Man sitting in box on a platform, as if in space, with building behind him, with the sky full of stars and moon background with St. George in. The man is at the center of the composition, in profile to the left, sitting on a rectangular box that is perched on a platform that seems to be in space. The figure has voluminous shapes, almost bald head, cheeky, hands in her lap and increased bare feet. Wears pale shirt and gray pants represented by geometric areas. On the right side margin, behind the figure, a construction represented by geometric areas on earthy and orange with green window where a woman of dark complexion is outlined in profile to the left. Behind the building a black boy in green shirt, as if peering man the center. The stone floor, where the man and the building is square and geometrically represented in various shades. Intense sky, lighter near the platform, full of stars. On the top edge, a little on the left of center, full moon, and in St. George mounted profile horse to the left and the dragon.
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
Themes
Artwork Function
IllustrationArtworkFunctionType
Artwork Function Description
Illustration, not used, for the novel La Puissance et la gloire, by Graham Greene
Art Form
PaintingArtFormType
Art Medium
oilArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
cardboardArtworkSurfaceType
Technique
Support affixed to canvas.
Certificate
938
Previous Collection
Height
25.5
Width
18.5
Dimension Notes
precisão: aproximadas
Annotation
Signed and dated at bottom left edge "PORTINARI RIO 59"
Annotation Others
On stretcher, inscription "126 15-VII-74”. On back of frame, inscription "MV305”.
