General Info
Title
Scarecrow
Description
Composition in gray, green, earthy, white, black, ochre, blue and red. Smooth texture, strokes marked on extremely thin layers background and leaving the apparent screen. Scarecrow occupying the entire area of the composition against background composed of irregular geometrical areas in different colors. The scarecrow is in the center, front, mounted on vertical and inclined beam to the left. He has the face suggesting a black African mask: with three big eyes, two noses suggested by ochre triangles contoured green and two large red mouths. He is dressed in bright clothes with shaded gray and ochre, seeing a large patch on his chest, striped blue and red dots. The arms and legs are in different positions, suggesting clumsiness, seeing a part of plump lock the on the right arm and on the left leg and the sole of the on the right shoe. In the background, contrasting geometrical areas in light and dark tones, earthy, gray, white, green and rose.
Location Created
Author
About
Themes
Support and Technique
Authenticity
Certificate
163
Dimensions
Height (cm)
100
Width (cm)
80
Signature and annotation
Annotation
Signed and dated in bottom right corner "PORTINARI 1940"
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