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Title
Scarecrow
Description
Composition in green tones, blue, gray, and red earthy. Smooth texture and marked brushstrokes. Composition representing scarecrow amidst the open lanscape, with head of cattle skulls, on the left, female figure with can head to the right and sky "degrade" blue. The scarecrow is in the center of the composition, mounted on a vertical wide beam and another support arm, narrower, slightly inclined. The scarecrow has arms and legs soft. It seems to wear a straw hat with destramada tab on the head. On the left, two ox skulls. On the right in front of female figure, with the on the right arm raised supporting the can over the head. In the background, on the right, ride in gray tone. Sky "degrade" blue, lighter near the horizon, where some birds fly over. Might falling from the left of the composition creating artificial lighting on the scarecrow.
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
Themes
Related Event
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Art Form
PaintingArtFormType
Art Medium
oilArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
canvasArtworkSurfaceType
Technique
Support affixed to cardboard.
Height
42
Width
31
Annotation
Signed and dated at bottom right edge "PORTINARI SOUTH PORT 1940"
