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General Info
Title
The Crosses
Description
Composition in blue tones (predominant), earthy, green, violet, lilac, black and white. Smooth texture. Woman presented carrying child on her lap in the way surrounded by crosses, against blue sky. In the foreground, in the center, walking woman in profile to the left, with child wrapped in white cloth in her lap, wearing long robes geometrized in earthy tones and violet. Around these figures, high crosses and low in different directions. Geometrized floor in blue tones, green, earthy and lilac. Blue background, clearing toward the horizon.
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
About
Themes
Function
Artwork Function
IllustrationArtworkFunctionType
Artwork Function Description
Illustration no. 5 for the novel La Puissance et la gloire, from the book Romans, by Graham Greene
Support and Technique
Dimensions
Height (cm)
25
Width (cm)
19
Dimension Notes
precisão: aproximadas
Signature and annotation
Annotation
Signed and dated at bottom right edge "PORTINARI RIO 59"
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Related Document7
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