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Boy with Sheep

Candido Portinari1954

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in red, blue, white and earthy tones. Contour lines, some shaded and scraped. Boy sitting with two rams beside her horse and the background. At the center, boy sitting on a crate, in profile to the left. It has slightly curved trunk and head facing forward. Secure with both hands a ram standing in front, with the stretched head up and turned to the right as if trying to look at the boy. The on the right arm of this is around the neck of the animal. To the right, another sheep lying profile to the left, with the head up, looking toward the boy. In the background, on the left, a horse standing in front. A circle surrounding the boy and the sheep standing in front, lines cut the composition in several ways. Line suggests horizon; in the upper half of the composition, one sees a smaller circle and a dot.

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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
  • Physical Dimensions: w38 x h28cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: Nature:Animals:sheep, Nature:Animals:horse, human figure:child:boy
  • Technique: lead pencil , colored pencil
  • Signature: Signed at bottom right edge "Portinari". Undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 1399
  • Function: Study for the painting “Boy with Sheeps” [FCO 2017]
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-3296
Projeto Portinari

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