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Boys Flying Kites

Candido Portinari1952

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in yellow tones, blue, earthy, green, rose, white and black. Three boys flying kites in arid wilderness with mountains in the background and blue sky. In the foreground, in the center of the composition, back boy releasing a white kite, wearing red shirt and blue pants. To the left, a little deeper, another boy also back, releasing a yellow kite, wearing rose shirt and brown pants. On the right profile boy on the left dropping red kite, using blue shirt with "for" white and colored rose pants. The boys are with raised arms, legs apart and wear long sleeve shirts and shorts. The lines intersect kites in the sky. On the floor, a few rocks scattered finding himself in the background, on the left another boy sketched figure. In the background, to the left, about delimiting area planted to the horizon; on the right, a house. Blue sky to find mountains that traverse the skyline.

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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: 1952
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w15.5 x h14cm 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:Brodowski, human figure:child:boy, human figure:group:children
  • Technique: gouache
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 1560
  • Notes: Support affixed to cardboard.
  • Inscription: Signed and dated in dedication in bottom left corner "Para o Callado, Portinari 52”
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-3094
Projeto Portinari

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