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Boy with Kite

Candido Portinari1954

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in tones earthy, blue, gray, orange, red, green and rose. Smooth texture with strokes marked on the boy and sheep. Boy playing with kites, sheep behind, in clearing earthy with hills and moon in the background. The boy sitting on the floor, a little on the left of center, with his head down, straight hair combed forward, legs apart, holding with both hands a few kites that are on the floor between her legs. The boy's clothing, orange and red, is indicated by marked strokes that form geometrism and his arms and legs represented in rose. Sheep is lying behind the boy, with the profile body to the right, front legs and head facing forward and twisted to the left, as if looking toward the kite. Drop shadows of sheep's legs and the boy's legs. Flat earthy with mountains on the horizon, bright blue sky and sun represented in green in the upper on the right half of the composition.

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  • Title: Boy with Kite
  • 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: 1954
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w73 x h60cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: Brazilian Culture:children's games:toys:kite, Nature:Animals:sheep, Nature:landscape:field, human figure:child:boy
  • Technique: oil
  • Signature: Signed and dated in bottom right corner "PORTINARI 54"
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 2607
  • Inscription: On reverse, label "SESC-DAC-MARGS. Nº de Inventário 955-P-25. Autor: Cândido Portinari. Gênero: Pintura. Título: O Menino do Papagaio. Técnica: Pintura a oleo. Dimensões: 0,59 x 0,72. Técnico responsável: Maria Ignacia Proença”.
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-3292
Projeto Portinari

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