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Title
Dead Man
Description
Composition in black and white. Contour lines and shading. It depicts slightly aerial perspective of view, representing men with dead indigenous. To the left of center, Indian lying on net stretched on the ground, to be transported. It is with your feet forward of the composition and head to the bottom; is naked arms stretched along the body and have suggested facial features. Man lying on the right, is headless, with the trunk facing forward and feet to the right, diagonally; on the right arm suggested by shading, and suggestion pants at the time of the shins. On the left, standing man, his body tilted to the right, pulling the network you are on the first death, by both ends. On the right in the background, between the two dead, another man leaning, almost from the front slightly to the left, holding the other end of the network. Plain background.
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
Themes
Related Event
2
Related Document
2
Artwork Function
StudyArtworkFunctionType
Artwork Function Description
Study for the painting The Dead Indian [FCO 4447]
Front/Back
Art Form
DrawingArtFormType
Art Medium
India ink penArtMediumType
lead pencilArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
paperArtworkSurfaceType
Certificate
1445
Height
23.5
Width
26.8
Annotation
Signed and dated at bottom left "Portinari 54"
