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Boy Sleeping

Candido Portinari1960

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in shades of blue, rose, red, earthy, ochre, gray, white, black and green. Thick texture. It depicts sleeping and boy kid smelling her face. The boy is lying on a bed that takes up the entire width of the composition, seeing the head high to the left. The boy is resting her head in light pillow top and is covered up to his chest, blanket with irregular geometric shapes. It has defined facial features, is with the tousled hair, her on the right arm is falling off the bed and the on the right hand is on his chest. On your on the left, a kid standing, smelling his face. The animal is turned to the left and has horns; the front legs are covered up by the bed and back are visible. On the right behind the animal, a pair of boots and deeper, a kind of desk. On the left, next to the bed, bedside table on which is a closed book.

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  • Title: Boy Sleeping
  • 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: 1960
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w20 x h17cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: Nature:Animals:kid, human figure:child:boy
  • Technique: oil
  • Signature: Signed and dated at bottom left edge "Portinari 60"
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 4257
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-4704
Projeto Portinari

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