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Game of Tops

Candido Portinari1933

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black and white. Shaded and some contour lines. It depicts five boys playing spinning tops, in the Brodoswki Square, also looking up the Saint Anthony Church. On the left, crouched profile boy on the right with face sketched using only kind of cap. Have the on the right arm stretched downwards and forwards in which hand holds a top. At the center, the four boys standing, smaller than the first, almost forming a circle looking in the center four tops and boulders. The children are represented by thin lines and shaded. They have defined facial features, look like shorts and be bare. On the right narrow strip vertically perhaps suggesting a stake. In the background, hint of three houses on one floor and gable roofs; on the right, the little church of Saint Anthony of representation.

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  • Title: Game of Tops
  • 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: w30.5 x h22cm 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 , India ink brush
  • Signature: Signed and dated at bottom right edge "PORTINARI 933"
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 3004
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-344
Projeto Portinari

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