{"product_id":"caja-registradora-amadeo-de-souza-cardoso","title":"Cash Register","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe painting \u003cem\u003eCash Register\u003c\/em\u003e presents a vibrant vertical assemblage in which a tilted rectangular board occupies the center of the composition. Small circles and colored tokens are arranged across its surface, some marked with numbers, as if they were part of a calculating or recording mechanism. Cards, labels, rings, geometric blocks and typographic fragments gather around it. A small yellow and blue object rests on the upper strip, while elongated shapes, overlapping papers and diagonal planes complete the edges. There are no human figures or natural setting: the entire surface functions as a compact field of objects, signs and pieces in tension.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe title places this construction in the everyday world of commerce, classification and exchange. The cash register appears here not as an isolated device depicted naturalistically, but as the core of a material culture made up of figures, labels, cards and transactions. The work transforms a functional object into a modern scene of circulation: the signs seem to move, accumulate and reorganize themselves like merchandise or documents within a visual system in motion. In this way, the commercial experience becomes an abstract composition where the practical and the pictorial meet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe central board acts as a visual anchor, and its grid of circles suggests calculation, order, and repetition. The numbered tokens introduce a logic of counting that contrasts with the freer arrangement of the peripheral elements. The cards and fragmented letters evoke the printed language of receipts, labels, and signs, but because they are partly covered, they cease to be complete messages and become graphic material. The circles and rings add rhythm, while the scattered symbols maintain a reference to exchange without imposing a literal narrative. The eye thus moves between recognizing the object and seeing it dissolve into a system of forms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe composition is built from dense, diagonal layers that prevent static contemplation. The tilted board first draws the eye, but the intense reds, yellows, and blues then lead it toward the sides, where new labels, discs, and triangular planes appear. Black and white act as visual breaks that separate and articulate the colors, while orange, green, and gray introduce variations within the structure. The overlapping layers flatten the space and at the same time create depth through accumulation: each fragment seems to rest on another. The result is a staccato, almost mechanical rhythm that turns the surface into a pictorial machine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis work by Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso displays features associated with Portuguese modernism in the early 20th century: formal fragmentation, vivid color, and the coexistence of objects, letters, and signs within a dynamic composition. His visual language brings together echoes of Cubism and Futurism without reducing the work to a single depiction of the cash register. It is worth noting how the title guides the viewer toward the cash register, while the painting expands it to encompass an entire environment of figures, circulation, and print culture. The work’s interest lies precisely in this transformation: an everyday object becomes a structure of rhythm, color, and modern language.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-kuadros-auto=\"faq\"\u003eHave questions about our oil painting reproductions? See our \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/kuadros.com\/pages\/preguntas-frecuentes\" data-kuadros-auto=\"faq\"\u003efrequently asked questions\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso","offers":[{"title":"50x45","offer_id":44941767541017,"sku":"caja-regis125","price":17962.94,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true},{"title":"100x90","offer_id":44941767573785,"sku":"caja-regis251","price":36069.58,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true},{"title":"150x135","offer_id":44941767606553,"sku":"caja-regis376","price":54032.52,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/9628\/3224\/files\/pintura-Caja-Registradora-KUADROS.jpg?v=1683773337","url":"https:\/\/kuadros.com\/en-in\/products\/cash-register","provider":"KUADROS","version":"1.0","type":"link"}