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Boy Crying

Candido Portinari1945

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in gray tones, earthy, ochre, blue, violet, lilac, white, black and red. Thick texture, wear spatula and marked brushstrokes. Composition representing crying boy, standing in front, occupying the entire stand tall against ochre background and earthy ground. The figure is represented with a marked significant deformation. It is squalid, has very marked, angular face, black hair, creased forehead, big eyes with "stone tears" rolling down his face, long nose a little deformed, lips down with pained expression and on the right chin. wears colored clothing gray, black, violet and blue; his on the right arm is along the body and the on the left is bent to the next hand to her temple. It is with legs slightly apart, and the on the right is stretched and bent on the left; You are barefoot. The boy is standing on the ground in earthy tone. Suggesting clear the background area on the right angled wall. Around the figure are seen geometrized areas suggesting projection of shadows.

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  • Title: Boy Crying
  • 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: 1945
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w81 x h100cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: human figure:child:boy
  • Technique: oil
  • Signature: Signed and dated in bottom left corner "PORTINARI 945"
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 3740
  • Inscription: On reverse, stamps "MINISTÉRIO DA EDUCAÇÃO E SAÚDE MUSEU NACIONAL DE BELAS ARTES Geraldo [illegible] de Lima” and "GARE DE LYON-BERCY DOUANE”; label "GALERIE CHARPENTIER 76, RUE DU FG. SAINT HONORÉ PARIS Anjou 57-61 – 34-82 PORTINARI 1946”; inscriptions "M2620-5-55” and "512/37”. On back of frame, stamps "MINISTÉRIO DA EDUCAÇÃO E SAÚDE MUSEU NACIONAL DE BELAS ARTES Geraldo [illegible] de Lima” and "GARE DE LYON-BERCY DOUANE”; inscriptions "512/37” and "M2620-5-55”.
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-2420
Projeto Portinari

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