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Boy with Tray

Candido Portinari1947

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in ochre, earthy, rose, gray, green, black and blue. Smooth texture, marked strokes. Is boyish figure on checkerboard floor and background with treatment of geometric shapes. Boy standing facing, head 3/4 on the left. Maintains on the head, a board hiding her eyes and lets you see the flat nose and thick lips parted. On the left hand raised to his head, holding board. On the right hand holds a gourd pressed against the thigh and on the left knee. He has bare-chested, wearing green pants rolled up to his knees. Leg and on the right foot forward. On the left knee flexed, on the left leg and foot side on the right. Bare feet on checkerboard floor in gray. Background with squares and rectangles in shades of gray, blue and ochre.

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  • Title: Boy with Tray
  • 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: 1947
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w81 x h100cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: social:Northeastern migrant, human figure:child:boy, diverse:recurring elements:gourd
  • Technique: oil
  • Signature: Signed and dated in bottom right corner "PORTINARI 1947"
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 903
  • Inscription: On back of frame, stamps "GARE DE LYON – BERCY DOUANE DE PARIS” and "Ministério da Educação e Saúde Museu Nacional de Belas Artes”; labels "Fink lote cx nº 28 São Paulo” and "Fink nº 1 Rio”; inscription "Menino Taboleiro [sic]”. On stretcher, label "Col. Dr. Mem Xavier da Silveira Menino com Tabuleiro óleo 100 x 080 Exposição em Milão – Itália de 21 de Março a 21 de Abril 1963 57”; stamp on paper "DOGANA MILANO” and stamp "Casa Minerva Rua 7 de setembro, 57”.
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-2536
Projeto Portinari

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