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Boy with Sheep

Candido Portinari1954

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition unidentified tones. Contour lines and tangled. Boy sitting with sheep in his arms, against background with mountain and skyline. The boy is sitting in front on a stone, with his head down looking at the sheep standing embracing, lying in her lap. Has suggested facial features, arms wrapped around the animal and legs apart. It seems to wear pants and shorts and is barefoot. Sheep is lying, facing left. On the floor, on the left, a pita with suggestion from a high branch, coming out of their midst and skyline in the background. On the right, four pitas in perspective for background, a tree with slim trunk, and two large tufts, deep mountain.

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  • Title: Boy with Sheep
  • 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
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: Nature:Animals:sheep, Nature:landscape:field, human figure:child:boy
  • Technique: medium unidentified
  • Signature: Unsigned and undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 4206
  • Function: Study for the painting “Boy with Sheep” [FCO 1470]
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-3301
Projeto Portinari

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