FCO-3689

Carajá Dancer

1956

code

FCO-3689

CR Number

3731

dimensions

54.8 x 44.8 cm

Art Form

Painting

Art Medium

oil

Artwork Surface

canvas

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Title
Carajá Dancer
Description
Composition in gray, orange, yellow, ochre and earthy. Thick texture and marked brushstrokes. Composition representing Carajá dancer profile to the left, taking up almost the entire stand area. The whole composition is geometrized forming quadrangular areas that suggest light and dark. The dancer is represented by geometrical areas in shades of gray forming two isosceles triangles, one on top of another. His face in earthy tone, is in profile to the left, looking up long hair flowing to the right. It has a disproportionate on the right leg, large, folded, and the on the left is stretched. The ground where you stand is represented by areas quadrangular in green tones and orange and background in shades of gray and yellow.
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Height
54.8
Width
44.8
Annotation
Signed and dated in bottom right corner "PORTINARI 56"

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