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Composition in black, gray and red tones. Contour lines, shaded and scraped. Composition representing babe lying, embracing ram. The boy is on the left of the support lying in the prone position, with legs bent and up. Has defined facial features and looks forward, his arms are folded and hug a sheep around his neck. The animal is in profile to the left and crosses the entire width of the support. It has stretched the front legs and the back are folded. Soft tangled lines cross the composition. In the upper on the right half of the support, red circle suggesting vanishing point.

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: 1955
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w36.5 x h23cm 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 , color crayon
  • Signature: Signed and dated in bottom right corner "Portinari 55" and at bottom left "Portinari"
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 3742
  • Notes: Support affixed to yellow cardboard.
  • Inscription: On back of frame, labels "24” and "Mme Fessard”; inscription "A. Fessard 51 Rue Molitor Paris.
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-3460

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