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Composition in light shades of white, yellow, ochre, blue, green, rose and gray and earthy tones and black. Smooth texture in almost all regions and thick in the area of ​​the figure hair. Composition representing black boy kneeling in front, holding a kite, against a light background. The boy is in the center of the area of ​​the composition, kneeling on the right leg. Have small face, hair in curly hair, very big eyes revealing sad expression, delicate nose, small parted lips and prominent chin. wear rose ochre sleeved collarless and pants stained in shades of rose and blue and is barefoot. It has the on the right arm folded at chest height holding wire kite; on the left arm slightly bent down holding kite-shaped diamond in blue. His on the right knee is supported on square area in blue-green tone suggesting another parrot on the floor. Background in yellow-white tone, seeing himself behind the boy's head, green rectangle. Floor ochre also yellow with darker areas suggesting projections of shadows.

Details

  • 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: 1947
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w81 x h100cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: social:ethnic groups:Black, Brazilian Culture:children's games:toys:kite, human figure:child:boy
  • Technique: oil
  • Signature: Signed and dated at bottom right "PORTINARI 1947"
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 2406
  • Inscription: On back of frame, label from Artefact framing house; inscriptions "112) Nº 7 TAVARES 167 [illegible] P. 383 [illegible] 213” and "PORTINARI”.
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-2534

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