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Title
Migrants
Description
Composition in black and white. Contour lines, fast, creases and shaded lines. Composition representing It depicts retreating caravan, arranged in several groups with a wagon and with the central and on the right thereof, still retreating group rescuing people dying. To the left, a group of several men walking in front of the diagonal to the bottom, from the left to the right, all standing, and that you could only see the bodies of the first two. These are slightly turned to the left and with bent arms, and hands indicated are close to their faces. Of the others, one can see some members and their heads displayed by small ovals. To the right and a little behind the group, covered wagon pulled by horse, almost from the front, with his head down, looking up cue of people inside. The center and on the right, five figures of which the group is on the left kneeling in profile to the right, holding the dying figure of shoulders that are sitting on the floor in profile to the right, and with the fallen head back. On the right figure probably kneeling man almost from the front, facing also agonized figure seated in profile to the right, based on that figure seems to be sitting in profile to the left. The heads of the two dying figures are circumvented by circles. Behind this group stopped, three other groups of compressed retreating.
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
Themes
Related Event3
Related Document
Artwork Function
StudyArtworkFunctionType
Artwork Function Description
Study for the mural painting or panel Brazil; not executed
Art Form
DrawingArtFormType
Art Medium
lead pencilArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
paperArtworkSurfaceType
Height
14
Width
34.5
Dimension Notes
precisão: aproximadas
Annotation
Initialed at bottom left "CP". Undated
Annotation Family
On reverse, inscription by Maria Portinari "Nº 46 Desenho de autoria de Candido Portinari, autenticado por Maria Victoria Portinari”.
Annotation Exhibition
On back of frame, label "Ministério da Educação e Cultura Museu Nacional de Belas Artes 36.52.466 ‘Retirantes’ 1948-1958 crayon 145 x 355mm. Exposição Portinari Desenhista 14 de dezembro de 1977 a 30 de janeiro de 1978"; on label, stamps "Ministério da Educação e Cultura Museu Nacional de Belas Artes Av. Rio Branco 199 – Rio – Departamento de assuntos culturais” and "Museu de Arte de São Paulo ‘Assis Chateaubriand’ Avenida Paulista, 1578 – S.P.”.
