Mentioned By2
General Info
Title
Praça de Touros
Description
Composition in tones rose, yellow, blue, gray, green, ochre, earthy, black and white. Texture unidentified. It depicts bullfight in an arena. In the foreground, on the left, ox standing from the front, slightly off to the right, with three colored rods stuck in his back. On the right, Profile bullfighter on the left, represented facial features, on the right arm raised, hand on face level, splayed forward, and lowered on the left holding red cloth; on the right leg back. Yellow vest clothing, long sleeves, pants, white knee socks and black shoes. In the background, in the center, man standing in front, looking at The scene without defined facial features, holding a flag in his on the right hand and brimmed hat. wear brown jacket, yellow pants, white socks and black shoes. On the right back man wearing clothes in the same style of the previous man in ochre and rose, and it seems to hold what would be a cover. At the bottom, you see the beginning of the packed stadium with the public. Geometrized areas background with rose, blue, red, ochre and earthy.
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
Function
Artwork Function
IllustrationArtworkFunctionType
Artwork Function Description
Illustration no. 2 for the novel Les Roses de septembre, from the book Romans, by André Maurois
Support and Technique
Collection
Collection
Collection unknownCollection
Previous Collection
Librairie Gallimard adquirida do artista sob encomenda feita através do editor Pierre Mathieu, em 1959Collection
Dimensions
Height (cm)
33
Width (cm)
26
Dimension Notes
precisão: estimadas
Signature and annotation
Annotation
Signed and dated at bottom right edge "PORTINARI 60"
Other info
Status
UnlocatedVisual Artwork Status
Relations
Related Document
