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Title
Cangaceiro Shooting
Description
Composition in yellow tones, gray, lilac, earthy, orange, black and green. Thick texture, with marked ranhaduras and strokes. Figure cangaceiro shooting, occupying the on the right half area of the support. The figure is in profile to on the left, kneeling on the left leg and the on the right leg bent. wears characteristic hat cangaço, light clothing, cartridge belts crossed at the waist and chest; neckerchief in orange and pants flip-flops. The bandit is aiming a rifle, leaning on his on the right shoulder with his on the right hand on the trigger and almost stretched on the left arm serving as support to the gun barrel. Background in yellow tones with circle suggesting sun in the upper on the left corner. Area below the bandit waist in lilac tones representing the ground. The whole composition is crafted with parallel ranhaduras that were probably made with a brush cable.
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
Themes
Related Document
7
Art Form
PaintingArtFormType
Art Medium
oilArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
woodArtworkSurfaceType
Preservation Number
Obra tombada sob o nº 66.79.
Collection
Height
50.5
Width
61.5
Annotation
Signed and dated at bottom right edge "PORTINARI 956"
Annotation Others
On stretcher, label from Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo / MAC-USP; inscription "MAC-USP 66.79”.
