FCO-5075

ShantytownIllustration

1957

code

FCO-5075

CR Number

4198

Art Form

Drawing

Art Medium

medium unidentified

Artwork Surface

support unidentified

EMPTY LABEL

Title
Shantytown
Description
Composition in black, white and red tones. Predominantly parallel lines. favela representation with Carajas Indies. Morro occupying almost the entire support height, with irregular rectangular divisions, filled with parallel lines and some colored in red and black and others with figures of Indian Carajas with the bodies represented by two triangles. From the left to the right and from the bottom up, in the second rectangle, shape suggesting pyramid; in the fourth rectangle, Carajá India with body in red tone, head like a hook, long hair esvoaçados to the right and on the left arm raised. Near the center of the composition, two Indian women with the bodies in black tone, seeming to carry the can of water on the head. The divisions around the hill suggest homes, seeing in some doors and windows.
Related Document
Artwork Function
IllustrationArtworkFunctionType
Artwork Function Description
Illustration for cover of “Visão” magazine
Art Form
DrawingArtFormType
Art Medium
medium unidentifiedArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
support unidentifiedArtworkSurfaceType
Collection
Annotation
Signed and dated at bottom left edge "PORTINARI 57"
Status
Não localizadaVisual Artwork Status

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