EMPTY LABEL
Title
Group in the Jungle
Description
Composition in black tones, ochre-red and white. Tangled lines, intersecting and colored areas. Composition representing group of six men and one woman gathered near a house in lanscape suggesting forest. The group is in the foreground, to the right of the composition; everyone is standing, have dark skin, except for the woman and older man talk, face to face, in the center of the group. The other five figures appear to be waiting for the end of the couple's conversation. To the left of the composition, chest suggestion. In the background, on the left, home suggesting that straw braided with window. In the background, tangled lines suggesting dense forest.
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
Themes
Related Document4
Artwork Function
IllustrationArtworkFunctionType
Artwork Function Description
Illustration, not used, for the book A selva, by Ferreira de Castro
Art Form
DrawingArtFormType
Art Medium
lead pencilArtMediumType
sanguineArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
cardboardArtworkSurfaceType
Technique
Support affixed to paper.
Collection
Height
35.2
Width
40.5
Annotation Author
Signed and dated in dedication on paper to which work is affixed "Para o grande e querido amigo Ferreira de Castro, com o abraço de Portinari 55”
