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Children's Games

Candido Portinari1941

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in blue, black and white tones. Predominance of contour lines. Children It depicts playing against checkerboard and dotted background. On the left, two boys jumping carrion; in the center, a game of hopscotch with a girl in front, in profile to the right, flying a kite; little more to the right, boy sitting on the floor with legs stretched apart and playing with a trap; on the far right, another girl dropping profile kite to the left. The lines of the two pipes intersect forming an "X". The scene is surrounded by a winding line.

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  • Title: Children's Games
  • 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
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w36 x h19.5cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: Brazilian Culture:children's games:play:flying kites, Brazilian Culture:children's games:play:hopscotch, Brazilian Culture:children's games:play:leapfrog, Brazilian Culture:children's games:toys:bird trap, human figure:group:children
  • Technique: watercolor, lead pencil
  • Signature: Stamped signature at bottom left edge "PORTINARI*". Undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 567
  • Inscription: Por ocasião da restauração, foram retiradas as seguintes inscrições do cartão onde a obra estava colada "Desenho de autoria de Candido Portinari, autenticado por Maria Victoria Portinari", "Nº 541".
  • Function: Study for a tile panel for the façade of the Palácio Gustavo Capanema, Rio de Janeiro, RJ; not executed
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-1450
Projeto Portinari

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