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Boy with Sheep

Candido Portinari1960

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in blue tones, rose, orange, green, yellow, black and white. Parallel, tangled and scratched lines. It depicts boy planting banana and lamb next. The boy is at the center of the composition, and occupies almost the entire support height. It is upside down, resting on the left hand that is flattened on the ground, with the arm straight, seeing a part of your on the right arm straight to the left and is with your legs straight up, away, and the on the left leg it is also cut by the support. He has spiky hair, facial features represented and wears short-sleeved shirt and shorts in shades of blue; his face, arms and on the left leg are in rose tones. At the bottom on the left, sheep, seen from head to body. He is white, has shades of rose on the nose and ear and round black eyes. Background in rectangular areas demarcated each with a tone and stroke. The lower areas are smaller, occupying 1/3 of the stand height, the on the left is in green features, the on the right is in green and white tones. The upper on the left area is in yellow and orange tones and the on the right is greenish with lighter strokes and more scraped than the last.

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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: 1960
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w18.3 x h33cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: Brazilian Culture:children's games:play:somersault, Nature:Animals:sheep, human figure:child:boy
  • Technique: lead pencil , crayon, color crayon
  • Signature: Unsigned and undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 5398
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-4706
Projeto Portinari

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