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Boy with Harmonica

Candido Portinari1957

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in yellow, blue, white, ochre, rose, and black earthy. Texture unidentified. It depicts boy playing harmonica, sitting in box in the center of the composition. The boy is from the front, slightly turned to the left, holding harmonica with both hands and stands with legs apart. He has brown hair with bangs, defined facial features, wears sleeved shirt, long pants in white and are barefoot. He is sitting in rectangular box, in ochre and orange. Blue floor range. Yellow background with sun on the right track and rose in shades between the floor and the bottom.

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  • Title: Boy with Harmonica
  • 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: 1957
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w46 x h55cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: Brazilian Culture:musicians:harmonica player, human figure:child:boy
  • Technique: oil
  • Signature: Signed and dated at bottom right "PORTINARI 57"
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 4871
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-4207
Projeto Portinari

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