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Boy in Tree

Candido Portinari1959

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black and white. Shaded lines and scraped areas. Boy sitting on the branch of jackfruit and animals. To the right of center and occupying the entire height of the composition, jackfruit tree with three branches that open upward represented by vertical lines. At the end of the trunk, two jackfruit and four distributed by the three branches. The branch that opens towards the top on the right of the composition, boy sitting with another jackfruit hands; on the left, vegetation tufts and on the right of the jacket on the ground, lamb in profile standing to the left, with the head facing up and so ago, Profile cock on the right. On the floor, near the root of the tree, four birds flying high and in the middle of the composition on the right, another bird, isolated, flying down. Sparse vegetation make up the lanscape.

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  • Title: Boy in Tree
  • 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: 1959
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w17.5 x h29cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: Nature:Animals:rooste, Nature:Animals:bird, Nature:Animals:sheep, human figure:child:boy
  • Technique: lead pencil , crayon
  • Signature: Signed and dated at bottom left "Portinari 59"
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 1235
  • Inscription: Inscription at bottom left "ESTUDO PARA AGUA FORTE”
  • Function: Study for the engraving “Boy in Tree” [FCO 809]
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-4602
Projeto Portinari

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