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Boy and Girls
Candido Portinari1956
Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Composition in black and white. Predominance of straight lines. Group of children, occupying the entire area of the composition. At the center, orthodox boy standing with a profile head to the left, using "kippah" and "Payot". The boy holds in his hands a dove and is between two girls who look at him. The girl also on the left holds the dove and the on the right, slightly behind the boy, safe with his on the left hand on the left the boy's arm. In the background, the suggestion of several heads of children. Intersecting lines in every area of the composition.
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Details
- Title: Boy and Girls
- 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: 1956
- Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
- Physical Dimensions: w18 x h22cm without frame
- Provenance: João Candido Portinari
- Rights: João Candido Portinari
- External Link: Projeto Portinari
- Theme: human figure:group:children
- Technique: India ink pen
- Signature: Stamped signature at bottom left "Portinari*"
- Painter: Candido Portinari
- Number: FCO 222
- Inscription: Dated in inscription at bottom right "JERUSALEM 1956”. On reverse, authentication and inscriptions by Maria Portinari "DN 593” and "Nº 744”.
- Function: Work executed in Brazil upon the artist's return from Israel. The inscription registers the location that inspired the work.. Israel Series
- Catalogue Raisonné: CR-3990
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