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Boy with Small Bird and Trap

Candido Portinari1959

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in gray, ochre, earthy, blue, red, green and black. Rough texture, marked strokes. Representation boy with bird against background with parallel grooves and winding. Boy standing in front with narrow-brimmed straw hat that partially covers her small face and tilted slightly downward. Has closed eyes, short nose, closed red lips and narrow chin. Dress Shirt graycale, short sleeve, sleeve rounded corners, without buttons. Also pants rolled up shades of gray to the knees. He has lifted his on the right hand at chest height holding a blue bird. The on the left arm is lying along the body and the small hand holds trap. It has legs open, bare feet, on the left foot forward in front, foot profile on the right to the left. Face, arms, hands, legs and feet in red ochre. Base composition in ochre and rose ground. Background in tone sand with grooves whose effect is the uneven parallel stripes.

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  • Title: Boy with Small Bird and Trap
  • 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: 1959
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w68 x h167cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: Nature:Animals:bird, Brazilian Culture:children's games:toys:bird trap, human figure:child:boy
  • Technique: oil
  • Signature: Signed and dated at bottom right "PORTINARI 959"
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 1825
  • Inscription: On reverse, label "Col. Marques de Cattanio Adorni – ‘Menino’ óleo Exposição em Milão – Itália de 21 de Março a 21 de Abril 1963".
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-4439
Projeto Portinari

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