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Children's Games

Candido Portinari1941

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in shades of blue, black and white. Sketch lines. Children It depicts playing against checkerboard and dotted background. Diagonally from the left to the right and back to front, three children in a row, while the on the left seems to be leaping legs apart, the middle, flying kites and the third with ball in hand. Involving these three children, there is a winding line. At the bottom on the left, child who seems to be watching the other three and the lower on the right corner, another child sitting on the floor with legs apart, holding trap.

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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: w18 x h10cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: Brazilian Culture:children's games:toys:bird trap, Brazilian Culture:children's games:toys:ball, human figure:group:children
  • Technique: watercolor, lead pencil
  • Signature: Stamped signature at bottom right edge "PORTINARI*". Undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 569
  • Notes: Support affixed to cardboard.
  • Inscription: On reverse, inscriptions by Maria Portinari "Aquarela de autoria de Candido Portinari, autenticada por Maria Victoria Portinari,” "Nº 697” and "DN 190(b)”.
  • Function: Study for a tile panel for the façade of the Palácio Gustavo Capanema, Rio de Janeiro, RJ; not executed
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-1452
Projeto Portinari

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