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Boys Playing Leapfrog

Candido Portinari1941

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black and white. Contour lines and shading. Composition representing two boys jumping carrion and occupying the center of the composition, in an area surrounded by line forming an amoeboid. The boy is on the floor, is in profile to the left, with the upper body leaning forward, arms down and legs apart. It seems to wear long sleeve shirt, pants and is barefoot. The boy is jumping, it is in the air from the front and with arms and open legs. Has indicated facial features, also wears long sleeve shirt, long pants and is barefoot. On the floor, on the right, a box and several clumps of bushes, aligned, forming a diagonal to the bottom.

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  • Title: Boys Playing Leapfrog
  • 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: 1941
  • Physical Dimensions: w24 x h22.5cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: Brazilian Culture:children's games:play:leapfrog, human figure:group:children
  • Technique: oil , India ink pen
  • Signature: Stamped signature in bottom right corner "Portinari*". Undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 4753
  • Function: Illustration, not used, for the book “Maria Rosa,” by Vera Kelsey
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-1522
Projeto Portinari

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