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General Info
Title
The Rubber Tapper
Description
Composition in green tones, blue, earthy, ochre, red, black and white. Texture unidentified. It depicts tapper extracting latex through the forest. In the foreground on the right half-length back man, facing a tree that has side butchers converging to a straight cut in the center, from which runs the liquid. Man is hands above his head, leaning against the tree. It wears clear shirt and has a rifle hanging on the left shoulder. On the left, one agouti turn to the right. In the background, center, an ounce of front and trunk of a tree on the left. Further back, an anteater, facing left. Geometrized background representing ground and forest.
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
About
Function
Artwork Function
IllustrationArtworkFunctionType
Artwork Function Description
Illustration no. 1 for the book A selva, by Ferreira de Castro
Support and Technique
Collection
Collection
Collection unknownCollection
Dimensions
Height (cm)
19
Width (cm)
17
Dimension Notes
precisão: estimadas
Signature and annotation
Annotation
Signed and dated at bottom right "PORTINARI 55"
Other info
Status
UnlocatedVisual Artwork Status
Relations
Related Document14
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