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Children Spinning Tops in Brodowski Square

Candido Portinari1933

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black and white. Contour lines. It depicts children playing in the square of spinning top Brodowski. In the center of the composition, circle drawn on the floor with four tops and four boys in his back. At the bottom on the left, the greater boy, crouched profile to the right, spinning top with the on the right hand. In the background on the horizon, houses with fences and on the right, slightly ahead, the Church of Saint Anthony.

Details

  • Title: Children Spinning Tops in Brodowski Square
  • 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: 1933
  • Location Created: Brodowski, São Paulo, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w35 x h21cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: Brazilian Culture:children's games:play:tops, Nature:landscape:Brodowski, human figure:group:children
  • Technique: lead pencil
  • Signature: Unsigned and undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 539
  • Inscription: On reverse, rough sketch of figures possibly by the artist; authentication and inscriptions by Maria Portinari "DN 175” and "Nº 431”.
  • Function: Study for the drawing “Game of Tops” [FCO 3004]
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-343

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