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Boy

Candido Portinari1950

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in blue and white. Smooth texture. Front boy with arms and legs spread in "X", occupying the entire support area against white background. The figure is set by colored areas in two shades of blue, the face has only outlined eyes and suggested hair, boy arms the are stretched with open hands and feet are perpendicular, seeing the soles with three spots on drop-shaped and each contoured fingers. The boy wear clothes with long sleeves and pants whose drapery is defined geometrism the two shades of blue juxtaposed. The on the right arm appears more stretched than the on the left and on the right leg is slightly bent.

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  • Title: Boy
  • 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: 1950
  • Physical Dimensions: w19.5 x h19.5cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: Brazilian Culture:children's games:play:leapfrog, human figure:child:boy
  • Technique: gouache
  • Signature: Signed and dated at bottom left "Portinari, Paris 950"
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 1868
  • Inscription: Dedication at bottom right "Para Ana Maria, com um beijo do Tio Candinho 23-V-1952 Azulejo para o Conjunto do Pedregulho”
  • Function: Small-scale color sketch, not used, for the tile panel “Playing Leapfrog” [FCO 1747]
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-2830
Projeto Portinari

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