Mentions
Is Part Of
EMPTY LABEL
Title
Prospectors
Description
Composition in black and brown. Lines defining contours, shadows accentuating volumes and box to transport. It depicts miners working in a river. In the foreground, occupying almost the entire width of the support, man bent forward, in profile to the left, with the on the left leg forward, holding the panning by hand. wear wide brimmed hat has muscular arms and torso, is naked to the waist of pants and rolled up with water to the height of the shins. On the ground, on the bottom on the left, a dark mound and behind the legs of the man, a lot of stones. In the background, on the right of center, another prospector in the same position and less sharp than the first. On the right side edge in perspective for background, three low and rectangular piles. Third up, on the left, front man with water until the waist long tabs using hat and short-sleeved shirt looking at the cupped at chest height. At the bottom, forming a diagonal to the right from this figure, two more in the same position, just outlined. On the right parts of tree trunks and the upper on the left corner, the riverbank bounded by winding line.
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
Themes
Artwork Function
CartoonArtworkFunctionType
Artwork Function Description
Fragment of the cartoon Gold Mine [FCO 5336]
Art Form
DrawingArtFormType
Art Medium
charcoalArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
paperArtworkSurfaceType
Technique
Support affixed to wood.
Collection
Previous Collection
Height
287
Width
166
Annotation
Unsigned and undated
Annotation Author
Numbering at right edge
