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Kites

Candido Portinari1941

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in red, blue, yellow, gray, green and white tones. Colored areas and contour lines. Composition representing outdoor landscape and three kites in the sky. In the foreground and cutting across the width of the support, clear area where there are scattered small plants. In the background, strip in gray tone and in the background, we see the skyline with hills against the sky. The kites are concentrated in the center of the composition; the one on the left, which is red, is attached to a thread coming from to the right and its tail is up. The center is blue, attached to a thread coming from the left and the tail is also up. To the right, which is yellow, only one kite tail.

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  • Title: Kites
  • 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: 1941
  • Physical Dimensions: w28.5 x h26cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: Brazilian Culture:children's games:toys:kite, Nature:landscape:field
  • Technique: oil , gouache , fountain pen
  • Signature: Stamped signature in bottom right corner "PORTINARI*". Undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 4594
  • Inscription: On reverse, inscription "9”.
  • Function: Illustration no. 6 for the book “Maria Rosa,” by Vera Kelsey
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-1505
Projeto Portinari

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