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Title
Cangaceiros
Description
Composition in black and white. Contour lines. Cangaceiros group occupying almost the entire area of the composition against white background. In the foreground, bust two bandits side by side, from the front, slightly turned to the left, and the on the right is a little more forward than the other. Both wear characteristic hat decorated with star in the center. The two have similar faces with defined facial features. The on the right has suggested the on the left hand holding the leather band holding the rifle that is in tow, but of which we see only the top. The rest of the group are only suggested by hats composition defined above.
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
Themes
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Art Form
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Art Medium
India ink brushArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
paperArtworkSurfaceType
Height
27
Width
30.5
Dimension Notes
37x35 (S)
precisão: aproximadas
Annotation
Signed and dated at bottom left "Portinari Paris 1950"
Annotation Author
Dedication in bottom half "Para Eugenio com o abraço do Portinari”
