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Title
Wild Beasts
Description
Composition in gray tones, ochre, blue, earthy, violet, green, black and white. Smooth texture and marked brushstrokes. Composition representing three cats and hiena, occupying almost the entire area of the support against geometrized background. In the foreground, three cats front, one behind the other in slightly diagonal line on the left to the right. The three are standing with the head horizontal and the open jaw canine out. All three have stocky body with long legs, looking up the claws out, and the one who is ahead is with the on the left paw raised. In the background, behind the beasts, profile on the left hyena, with part of the covered back, seeing mainly the long neck and teeth out. Ground and background defined by large geometric areas, juxtaposed, creating perspective printing.
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
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Artwork Function
Small-scale color sketchArtworkFunctionType
Artwork Function Description
Small-scale color sketch for the panel War [FCO 3799]
Art Form
PaintingArtFormType
Art Medium
oilArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
plywoodArtworkSurfaceType
Technique
Support is waterproofed plywood made of cedar from a ship, spliced vertically, the height of one section being 51cm and the other 99cm.
Collection
Previous Collection
Height
150
Width
220
Annotation
Unsigned and undated
Annotation Exhibition
On reverse, inscription "FERAS 2,24 x 1,54 nº 1 PORTINARI”; stamps "PARIS EXPOSITIONS DOUANES” and "MINISTERIO DA EDUCAÇÃO E CULTURA MUSEU NACIONAL DE BELAS ARTES AUTORIZO O EMBARQUE [initials] 23-5-958 RIO DE JANEIRO – BRASIL”; labels "MUSEI DEL COMUNE DI MILANO PINACOTECA G.A.M. AUTORE PORTINARI CANDIDO TITOLO ‘Belve’ PROV: DONO Ing. Luraghi nel 1963 cat. Nº 7831" and "MAISON DE LA PENSÉE FRANÇAISE 2, RUE DE L’ELYSÉE PARIS – VII e 7 – BETES SAUVAGES”; inscriptions "55” and "2,24 x 1.54 1/2”.
