FCO-3999

Slum Scene

1948

code

FCO-3999

CR Number

2697

dimensions

55 x 45 cm

Art Form

Painting

Art Medium

oil

Artwork Surface

cardboard

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Title
Slum Scene
Description
Composition in tones orange, ochre, gray, blue, green, and white earthy. Composition representing flutist sitting in box on a street flanked by two buildings and group of women and children dancing. The musician is on the left of center, 3/4 seated facing right, with the upper body bent slightly backwards and twisted forward; has sketched facial features, arms folded and hands holding a flute is playing. wears orange shirt, pants and shoes gray green belt. She on the left leg bent, crossed over the on the right. Further down, in the center, a group of women and children, all from the front, with arms stretched upward as if they were dancing. They wear colorful dresses and some have blue skin. To the left and on the right of the composition, two buildings of only one floor, with a window, and the on the left is green and the blue on the right. In the background, massive ochre suggesting hill and sky blue-gray tone.
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Art Medium
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Artwork Surface
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Height
55
Width
45
Dimension Notes
precisão: aproximadas
Annotation
Signed and dated at bottom right "PORTINARI 1948"
Annotation Others
On back of frame, stamp "Marcos – Espejos – Portaretratos LLERANDI Tel. 22-04-85 frente Uribe Y Pagès San José, Costa Rica” [twice].

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