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Title
Mining
Description
Composition in blue, green tones, earthy, gray, ochre, white and black. Colored contour lines and area. Composition representing mining It depicts with four men working within a river and a man watching the It depicts. On the left, standing figure of a man on the river bank, represented in shades earthy, almost on his back, as if supervised the service of the miners. To his on the right, stylized thicket and large circular object, suggesting panning. In the water, suggested by watery four miners. What is ahead is the on the right of the composition, standing in profile to the left, wearing a hat, is with the body bent down to the panning between the hands. Further back, also on the right prospector with the same characteristics of the previous. On the left, two more: the front, the on the leftmost and the other, more to the center, both standing, front, with legs in the water, and the second has a panning ahead. In the background, hint of the river in darker tones, with boats and mounds of boulders indicated.
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
Themes
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Artwork Function
StudyArtworkFunctionType
Artwork Function Description
Study, not used, for the mural painting Mining of Gold [FCO 3768]
Art Form
DrawingArtFormType
Art Medium
gouacheArtMediumType
India ink brushArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
paperArtworkSurfaceType
Technique
Top of support is shaped like a semicircle.
Height
23
Width
21.5
Dimension Notes
25x23 (S)
formato: irregular
precisão: aproximadas
Annotation
Unsigned and undated
Annotation Others
On back of frame, label "Ao quadro elegante decorações R. Sebastião Pereira 150. Tel. 513966 São Paulo”.
