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Boys Flying Kites

Candido Portinari1938

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in blue, green tones, gray, ochre, black, white, red, yellow, rose and orange. Smooth texture. Boys flying kites in the field of lanscape. Four children back, side by side, forming slight diagonal from the left to the right and from front to back, flying kites. From the left to the right: boy shorts with suspenders crossed in the back, prancing white kite; child, smaller than the others, red shirt, yellow prancing kite; boy facing left, short pants and white shirt with red kite; another boy facing left, also in short pants, yellow shirt and prancing rose kite. On the bottom on the right, boy sitting on the floor, front, with several kites in her lap, as if playing. Treeless lanscape with hint of small white flowers in the foreground and strip of water on the left of center in perspective for background. Minor elevations on the horizon, light blue and orange kite in the upper on the left corner, cut by the upper edge of the support.

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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: 1938
  • Physical Dimensions: w35 x h28.5cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: Brazilian Culture:children's games:play:flying kites, Nature:landscape:field, human figure:group:children
  • Technique: gouache
  • Signature: Signed and dated at bottom left "PORTINARI 1938"
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 2276
  • Inscription: On back of frame, label from Baguete framing house.
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-937
Projeto Portinari

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