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Boy with Sheep
Candido Portinari1954-09
Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Composition in black and white. Quick and some shaded traits. Boy It depicts with sheep against plain background. On the left, sheep lying on the paws, profile to the right. Beside him, on the right, boy forward slightly tilted to the left, crouched on the left knee with the on the right hand on the sheep's neck and on the left near the mouth of the animal.
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Details
- 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: 1954-09
- Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
- Physical Dimensions: w22.8 x h12.7cm without frame
- Provenance: João Candido Portinari
- Rights: João Candido Portinari
- External Link: Projeto Portinari
- Theme: Nature:Animals:sheep, human figure:child:boy
- Technique: lead pencil
- Signature: Signed at bottom left "Portinari"
- Painter: Candido Portinari
- Number: FCO 548
- Notes: Support affixed to cardboard.
- Inscription: Dated in inscription at bottom right "Setembro 1954”. On cardboard, inscription by Maria Portinari "DN 1006”. On reverse, authentication and inscription "Nº 7”.
- Function: Study for the painting �Boy with Sheep� [FCO 1723]
- Catalogue Raisonné: CR-3303
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