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Boy Bending Over
Candido Portinari1950
Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Composition in blue and white. Contour lines. Profile curved boy on the left, skirted per square graphite. The figure is with the profile head, body 3/4 toward the on the left with his hands resting on his knees. It has fallen hair back and just contoured profile. It's with nude torso, wearing pants to his knees and barefoot. Plain background.
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Details
- Title: Boy Bending Over
- Creator Lifespan: 1903-12-29 - 1962-12-06
- Creator Nationality: Brazilian
- Creator Gender: Male
- Creator Death Place: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Creator Birth Place: Brodowski, São Paulo, Brazil
- Date: 1950
- Physical Dimensions: w20 x h20cm without frame
- Provenance: João Candido Portinari
- Rights: João Candido Portinari
- External Link: Projeto Portinari
- Theme: Brazilian Culture:children's games:play:leapfrog, human figure:child:boy
- Technique: gouache
- Signature: Unsigned and undated
- Painter: Candido Portinari
- Number: FCO 3249
- Inscription: Inscription at bottom right edge "27 x 27cm”. On reverse, copy of letter from Portinari.
- Function: Small-scale color sketch for the tile panel Playing Leapfrog [FCO 1747]
- Catalogue Raisonné: CR-2832
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