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Title
Figures on Deck
Description
Composition in blue tones, rose, green, yellow, lilac, orange, ochre, earthy and white. Smooth texture. Composition depicting two men and two women sitting on hammock chairs on the deck of a ship, looking up pool and suggested rescue buoy against the background composed of geometrical areas. The chairs are at the center of the composition, are diagonally from the left to the right, from front to back, are wooden slats and have legs and reclining backrests. At first, leaning back, fair-haired man, suggested facial features, has the arms on the armrests, wears long sleeve blouse marked by geometrical areas of blue, yellow pants, also geometrical areas and white pointed shoes. To his on the left, the other man, that his head almost in front, red hair, facial features suggested. Are flattened with the on the right hand and the on the left chest-resting on legs crossed. It is dressed in the same conditions as the previous. Beside him, a woman with head in profile to the right, hair tied in a bun and facial features shown in the profile. His arms are supported on the armrests; It is cross-legged and wear clothes suggested by geometrical areas in various shades. To his on the left, the other woman, she is the head of front, has light hair, suggested facial features, built on the right and on the left hand resting on the arm of the chair. Wear clothes in blue and green tones. Below, on the right of center, pool cue. The floor is formed by quadrangular areas in tones predominantly rose. In the background, on the left, overlapping geometrical areas in various shades, which overlap and merge to the figures. In the center, rescue buoy stands out, with the inscription: "PARIS". On the right hint of what would be the railing of the ship, narrow blue band suggesting sea and wider band in greenish yellow tones indicating sky.
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
Themes
Related Event2
Related Document6
Artwork Function
IllustrationArtworkFunctionType
Artwork Function Description
Illustration no. 4 for the novel Terre promise, from the book Romans, by André Maurois
Art Form
PaintingArtFormType
Art Medium
oilArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
woodArtworkSurfaceType
Previous Collection
Galeria Pro-ArteCollection
Librairie Gallimard adquirida do artista sob encomenda, em 1960, por Pierre Mathieu, diretor artístico da editoraCollection
Height
26.5
Width
18.5
Dimension Notes
precisão: aproximadas
Annotation
Signed and dated in bottom left corner "PORTINARI 60"
Annotation Author
Inscription in middle of top half "PARIS”
