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Two Boys

Candido Portinari1957

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition unidentified tones. Contour lines and intersecting. It depicts two boys sitting in front, against plain background. The boys are sitting on rectangular box that takes up almost the entire width of the support, have suggested facial features are barefoot and wearing shorts and sleeveless shirts. The boy has on the left his face filled with intersecting lines and is flexed with the on the right arm, appearing to be taking hand to mouth. The boy holds a on the right kind of plate in his on the left hand and takes something to his mouth. Making the seat frame, a line on the left and on the right, several lines which follow until the height of the support.

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  • Title: Two Boys
  • 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: 1957
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: human figure:child:boy, human figure:group:children
  • Technique: India ink pen
  • Signature: Signed and dated at bottom right edge "Portinari 57"
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 4326
  • Function: Illustration for the poem “Dois meninos,” from the book “Antologia poética,” by Nicolás Guillén
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-4280
Projeto Portinari

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