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Boys Flying Kites

Candido Portinari1951

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in green tones, earthy, red, gray, yellow and white. Smooth texture. Six boys flying kites and five kites flying in treeless lanscape with hills in the background. On earthy strip that is heath earthy, six boys back with arms up and legs apart wearing shirts and pants poorly defined except the foreground figure whose shirt is in red and blue trousers tones. At the top, five colorful kites flying side by side. Dark green sky clearing up the skyline where you see hills in the distance.

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  • Title: Boys Flying Kites
  • 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: 1951
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w55 x h33cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: Brazilian Culture:children's games:play:flying kites, human figure:group:children
  • Technique: oil
  • Signature: Signed at bottom right "PORTINARI". Undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 1475
  • Inscription: On reverse, inscription "Luciadette de vovó Priscilla”. On part of support attached to stretcher, inscriptions "Luciadette”, "Luciadette”, "1952” and "1961”; label "157/67 LUIZ MARIO CORREA FREYESLEBEN”.
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-3029
Projeto Portinari

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