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Boy with Slingshot

Candido Portinari1958

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in gray, ochre, earthy, green, blue, black, rose and red. Smooth texture with incisions. Composition representing boy standing occupying the entire support height. Background in gray areas and rectangles of earthy color, with parallel dashed black. The boy is very thin with distended stomach from the waist down. Chest draping suggesting a torn shirt. Has curly black hair, suggested facial features, arms along the body and secure in his on the right hand a sling.

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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: 1958
  • Location Created: Brodowski, São Paulo, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w36.5 x h99cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: social:Northeastern migrant, Brazilian Culture:children's games:toys:slingshot, human figure:child:boy
  • Technique: oil
  • Signature: Unsigned and undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 4203
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-4317
Projeto Portinari

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