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Boy Crying

Candido Portinari1955

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black and white. Rapid lines, overlapping and shaded lines. Composition representing boy crying, and in front of a dead horse and sun in the background. In the lower half of the composition, dead horse lying on the ground with his head to the right. He is very thin, it is with neck outstretched, eyes closed, with the slightly bent on the left front leg. Behind him, on the left naked boyish figure, standing, front, with skinny limbs and prominent belly, covering his face with his hands as if he were crying. At the time of his knees, the horizon and the upper on the right corner, big sun with rays.

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  • Title: Boy Crying
  • 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: w13 x h24.5cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: social:war, social:death, Nature:Animals:horse, human figure:child:boy
  • Technique: lead pencil
  • Signature: Signed at bottom right "Portinari". Undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 3503
  • Notes: Support affixed to cardboard.
  • Inscription: On back of frame, label "51 Menino Chorando desenho”.
  • Function: Study for the panel “War” [FCO 3799]
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-3526
Projeto Portinari

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