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Boy with Sheep

Candido Portinari1959

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black and white. Parallel lines and light and dark lines. Boy with sheep in sugarcane plantations. Boy, occupying more than half the height of the composition, sitting in front with legs apart and flat on the floor with his on the right hand. You have the on the right foot represented in black in white square, and the on the left hand, also in black, embraces white sheep on your on the left, a detail that accentuates the contrast of light and dark makeup. In the upper on the right half, white bird flying in profile to the left. Basically, geometrized sugarcane, formed by asymmetric parallel.

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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: 1959
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w19.5 x h30cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: Nature:Animals:bird, Nature:Animals:sheep, human figure:child:boy
  • Technique: etching , aquatint
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 808
  • Function: Original illustration no. 5 for the book “Menino de engenho,” by José Lins do Rego
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-4600
Projeto Portinari

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