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Handstand

Candido Portinari1955

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black and white. Predominance of shaded, some contour lines, fast and shaved strokes. Boys planting banana near sheep. On the left, boy back, upside down with hands on the floor and feet up. Beside him, a little further back, sheep standing and facing with the head turned up and on the right. On the right, boy back, upside down in the act of planting banana with hands on the floor and legs stretched out to the right. In the sky, circle suggesting the sun.

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  • Title: Handstand
  • 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: 1955
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w32 x h26.5cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: Brazilian Culture:children's games:play:handstand, Nature:Animals:sheep, human figure:child:boy, human figure:group:children
  • Technique: lead pencil
  • Signature: Unsigned and undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 532
  • Inscription: On back of frame, inscriptions by Maria Portinari "DN 713” and "Nº 41”.
  • Function: Study for the painting “Boys Playing” [FCO 2012]
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-3453
Projeto Portinari

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