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Boy Swimming
Candido Portinari1955
Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Composition in blue tones and white. Contour lines and areas of color. Composition representing boy swimming with arms and legs apart and fallen hair to the side. Background in blue and white tones, forming irregular colored areas, predominantly white area. About the area with white background, the boy is outlined in blue and on the area in blue tones, the boy is outlined in white.
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Details
- Title: Boy Swimming
- 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: 1955
- Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
- Physical Dimensions: w15 x h15cm without frame
- Provenance: João Candido Portinari
- Rights: João Candido Portinari
- External Link: Projeto Portinari
- Theme: human figure:child:boy
- Technique: tiles
- Signature: Unsigned and undated
- Painter: Candido Portinari
- Number: FCO 5559
- Inscription: On reverse, inscription " A J-14”.
- Function: Proof for part of the tile panel Boys Swimming [FCO 2895]
- Catalogue Raisonné: CR-3710
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