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Circle Dance in Brodowski Square

Candido Portinari1932

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black and white. Contour lines. It depicts children playing in the square sieve of Brodowski. In the center of the composition, ten children holding hands, forming a large circle. In the background, on the left, row houses on the left diagonal to the right and from front to back and on the right, the Church of Saint Anthony and another alignment houses in horizontal composition. It is noticed under the composition sketch of a woman's face in a vertical position in the holder.

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  • Title: Circle Dance 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: 1932
  • Location Created: Brodowski, São Paulo, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w41 x h31cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: Brazilian Culture:children's games:play:ring-around-a-rosy, Nature:landscape:Brodowski, human figure:group:children
  • Technique: lead pencil
  • Signature: Stamped signature at bottom left "Portinari*". Undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 538
  • Notes: Sketch of woman’s face can be seen due to transparency in support.
  • Inscription: On reverse, authentication and inscriptions by Maria Portinari "DN 26” and "Nº 973”.
  • Function: Cartoon for the painting “Children’s Dance” [FCO 3518]
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-304
Projeto Portinari

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