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EMPTY LABEL
Title
Sky with Stars
Description
Composition in blue tones, gray, red, black and yellow. Smooth texture. Study represents a stage with big screen in the background, looking up suggestion curtains on the sides that represent the entrances to the stage. The screen is blue tone and occupies almost the entire area of the composition. It would represent the night sky looking to the left, the Southern Cross; on the left of center, a shooting star with sinuous line; the center, another shooting star also represented by sinuous line; on the right, a kind of balloon, a line nearly vertical and the Three Marias. Other small stars are dotted throughout the area of the screen.
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
Artwork Function
DesignArtworkFunctionType
Artwork Function Description
Design for set of the Serenade Ballet
Art Form
PaintingArtFormType
Art Medium
gouacheArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
Bristol boardArtworkSurfaceType
Technique
Support affixed to cardboard.
Height
31
Width
42
Annotation
Unsigned and undated
Annotation Family
On reverse, label with authentication by Maria Portinari.
