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Title
Brazilwood
Description
Composition in green tones, yellow, earthy, blue, black and white. Contour lines in ink and colored areas. Composition representing five indigenous in the midst of a forest, two of which are cutting trees and others carry trunks. In the foreground, on the left, Indian, standing in front with his arms raised, holding an ax with which strikes the base of the trunk of a tree that is on your on the right and going through the entire height of the composition. The Indian has dark hair, facial features suggested by the redder face than the rest of the body that is marked by bluish details. It wears colored thong and has the on the right arm, four tracks, three in the arm and the forearm. Is with the legs wide apart, have bare feet with three dark bands above each ankle. On the right ax on the ground with the blade toward the on the right, the cable on the left diagonal to on the right, front to the back, next to a tree stump and scattered green leaves. In the background, on the right of center, Profile man on the left with the body arched, as if erecting a large log, which runs through almost the entire width of the support, horizontally. The figure has dark hair, facial features suggested. He has the arms and the on the left ankle and suggests three tracks being naked. Is legs apart, one on each side of the log and have bare feet. On the third level, on the left and center, various logs felled in various positions. To the right, two indigenous, one after the other, carrying on the left shoulder, a log. The front has suggested hair and facial features, naked torso, arm flexed on the right holding two dead birds by the legs and on the left bent upward, holding the log. The other Indian, you only see part of the head and hand supporting the log. In the background, logs on the ground and tree trunks. Still standing to the right of center, suggested Indian, in the same position that you are in the foreground.
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
Themes
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Art Form
DrawingArtFormType
Art Medium
colored pencilArtMediumType
India ink brushArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
paperArtworkSurfaceType
Technique
Support affixed to blue cardboard.
Certificate
905
Collection
Paulo Kuczynski Escritório de ArteCollection
Previous Collection
Height
42
Width
40
Dimension Notes
precisão: aproximadas
Annotation
Signed at bottom left "Portinari". Undated
