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Title
The Evicted
Description
Composition in earthy, ochre, gray, green, lilac, blue, red, rose, white and black tones. Smooth texture. Composition representing six groups of migrants next to a train line and arid landscape in the background. In the foreground, to the right of center, an old man, two women, two boys and a girl near a trunk of leaves and a bundle. The old man sits in a kind of box, has a beard and has his hand on his chin. The women are standing, one facing forward, the other in profile to the left, the two are squalid and have protruding bellies. Both boys wear only shirts, and the girl wears a dress; the belly volume suggests pregnancy. Still close to the group, on the right, two coffins of children are suggested. In the background, across the entire width of the support, we see a slightly curved railroad. On the third level, on the left and on the right, two electric poles with wires that run parallel to the railway. Further down, on the left and center, two hills, and on one of them we see a horse. To the right, a little further, another hill and part of the flat terrain, suggesting a backland landscape.
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
General Info
This is the first work in which the artist depicts a group of migrants as a social statement. Before this work, such statements emphasized rural workers and ethnic groups.
Themes
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Art Form
PaintingArtFormType
Art Medium
oilArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
canvasArtworkSurfaceType
Height
37
Width
65
Annotation
Signed and dated in bottom left corner "PORTINARI 1934"
Annotation Exhibition
On reverse, labels "THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART 11 WEST 53rd STREET NEW YORK PAINTERS OF BRAZIL ARTIST CANDIDO PORTINARI TITLE DISPOSSESSED, oil on canvas CIRCULATING EXHIBITION NO. MUSEUM NO. 432502 BOX NO. 3”, "NAME DATE MRS. [L] HERMANOS LOT NO H 5128.A03 [scratched out]” and "2902 XI 24”; inscriptions "Ba. 4052”, "XI 24” [twice] and "46”.
