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Boy with Trap

Candido Portinari1933

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black and white. Contour lines and shading. Composition representing boy sitting on the floor with trap between the legs, under a tree and with a train passing in the background. The boy is on the right of the composition, sitting on the floor and leaning against the tree trunk. He has short, curly hair, round eyes, delicate nose, small closed lips and short neck. He wears a clear shirt with sleeves down to the elbows, dark pants rolled up and is barefoot. His legs spread wide, and among them we see a handheld trap. The floor is completed by dotting representing grass or bushes, where we see some flowers, two shrubs and a stump where a bird rests. Further down on the right, part of the trunk of a tree and in the background, behind a fence, a railway with a Maria Fumaça train.

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  • Title: Boy with Trap
  • 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: w20 x h13.5cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: Brazilian Culture:children's games:toys:bird trap, Nature:landscape:field, human figure:child
  • Technique: lead pencil
  • Signature: Signed and dated at top left "PORTINARI 933"
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 3504
  • Notes: Another signature of the artist is covered by mat.
  • Inscription: On reverse, inscription "Praaclf B vert 34o V” and inscription on adhesive tape "BRODOWSKI mede 25 x 18,4m”; illegible stamp.
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-342
Projeto Portinari

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