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Title
Scarecrow
Description
Composition in blue tones, yellow, earthy, ochre, black, red and white. Smooth, thick in the scarecrow, marked strokes and grooves in chickens. Scarecrow representation in arid earthy with chickens, birds flying and hill in the background against blue sky "degrade". In the center and occupy almost the entire height of the composition, armed scarecrow into two beams cross in seeing in the center, round head with eyes and mouth indicated in red and arms and legs fluttering in white fabric with red polka dots. Bright yellow ground looking up on the left four diagonal wood stumps to the right, in perspective to the bottom, four stacks in the same position of the stumps; Profile rooster to on the right and on the right four profile chickens on the left. In the background, behind the scarecrow, peppered high hill of white dots with two bushes, one on the left and one on the right. Blue sky "degrade", clearing to the skyline looking up at the top, clear spots suggesting clouds. To the left, looking bird flying fish with a pipe fuming to his mouth and on the right, in the distance, three birds flying.
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
General Info
In this work, a bird is seen smoking; in the work Fish [FCO 3789], a fish is seen doing the same
Themes
Related Event
Related Document7
Art Form
PaintingArtFormType
Art Medium
oilArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
cardboardArtworkSurfaceType
Certificate
1221
Height
38.5
Width
53
Annotation
Signed and dated in bottom left corner "PORTINARI 1941"
Annotation Exhibition
On reverse, label "Museu Nacional de Belas Artes Rio de Janeiro Exposição: Portinari (dez anos de morte) Data junho 1972 EB”; inscription "[illegible] 14, out [illegible]”.
