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Boy with Slingshot

Candido Portinari1946

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition unidentified tones. Contour lines and shading. Half-naked boy standing in front, occupying almost the entire support height. It is slightly off to the right and has squalid appearance, oval face, kinky hair, big almond eyes, nose and mouth small, thin neck, prominent belly. It wears a torn blouse, which lets you see the belly and is naked from the waist down. Holds in his on the right hand a slingshot and the on the left is over the body. Background with shaded and irregular geometric shapes.

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  • Title: Boy with Slingshot
  • 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: 1946
  • Location Created: Brodowski, São Paulo, Brasil
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: social:Northeastern migrant, human figure:child:boy
  • Technique: oil
  • Signature: Signed and dated at bottom right "Portinari 946"
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 4172
  • Function: Children of Brodowski Series.
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-2474
Projeto Portinari

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