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Boy Bending Over

Candido Portinari1950

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition unidentified tones. Lines and contours in areas of chiaroscuro. Inclined boy, facing left, with his hands resting on his knees. He has curly hair, facial features with defined light area and dark area in the middle of the face back. Clothes with geometric shapes in light-dark and bare feet. Background shading in straight lines, following the boy's body position.

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  • 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: w21 x h21cm 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: lead pencil
  • Signature: Signed and dated at bottom left "Portinari Paris 1950"
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 4107
  • Function: Study, not used, for the tile panel “Playing Leapfrog” [FCO 1747]
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-2828
Projeto Portinari

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