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Title
Horseman
Description
Composition in black and white. Contour lines, broken and crisscrossed. It depicts horse-mounted man with intersecting lines filling the volume of bodies and behind them, another horse. The front figures are slightly turned to the left, the man has no defined facial features and the horse is prancing, supported by the hind legs and the front legs in the air. Behind them, Profile horse to the right, defined by contours and light shaded, with the lighter body than the figures before him. Ground with short horizontal lines. At the top, on the left and sun rays scattered to the ground.
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
Themes
Related Event2
Related Document7
Artwork Function
IllustrationArtworkFunctionType
Artwork Function Description
Illustration for the book Raízes, by José Paulo Moreira da Fonseca
Art Form
DrawingArtFormType
Art Medium
India ink penArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
paperArtworkSurfaceType
Certificate
692
Collection
Previous Collection
Galeria Belas ArtesCollection
Height
20
Width
16
Annotation
Signed and dated at bottom left "Portinari 55"
