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Title
Turkey Vendor
Description
Composition in yellow, orange, gray, ochre, rose, green, earthy, white and black. Smooth, thick texture in the figure and birds and marked brushstrokes. Representation man standing, facing, holding turkey legs. Man takes up almost the entire height of the composition, wears straw hat brimmed head buried in, has the face in shades red and green earthy, represented facial features. Eye open on the right, represented by black circle and on the left closed, appearing to be blind; nose wide and thick lips closed. Thin arms along the body and that on the right hand holds the legs a bunch of turkeys that are upside down. wear light clothing and a short-sleeved shirt in gray tones, pants rolled in ochre-gray tones and black strips sandals. Turkeys are upside down looking up four heads with beaks, eyes and ridges, two turned to the left and two to the right. The bodies of birds are confused in shades dark gray textured suggesting the feathers. Ground orange tones with parallel tracks that converge in the center dividing line with the background, behind the figure. Background in yellow tones with greenish curves and parallel strokes and geometric gray areas greenish tones behind the figure and birds.
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
Themes
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Related Document17
Art Form
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Art Medium
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Artwork Surface
woodArtworkSurfaceType
Previous Collection
Height
165
Width
114
Annotation
Signed and dated at bottom left "PORTINARI 958"
Annotation Exhibition
On reverse, inscriptions "m6015 nº 108” and "m 60/51”; stamp "Ministério da Educação e Cultura Museu Nacional de Belas Artes autorizou o embarque Geraldo [illegible] Rio de Janeiro Brasil”; stamp "Serviço de exportação Alfândega do Rio de Janeiro” [underneath initials].
Annotation Others
On reverse, label "Renato Magalhães Gouvêa Escritório de Arte”.
