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Sitting Boy

Candido Portinari1933

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in green tones, blue, earthy and ashes. Color areas. Boy sitting between tree trunks to trap on his lap. On the right downtown, boy sitting in front with legs apart. Has slightly turned to the left face, hair suggested by gray area indicated facial features, idly holding a trap between the legs. Wears blue shirt, brown pants and is barefoot. To the left, trunk portion inclined to the right. Behind the child, on the right part of two tree trunk cutting upper margin to the composition. Green ground with vegetation suggested to the horizon where you see to the left hint of a locomotive. The sky blue areas along the top edge.

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  • Title: Sitting Boy
  • 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: w20.5 x h16.5cm 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: watercolor, lead pencil
  • Signature: Signed and dated at bottom right edge "PORTINARI 9[3]3"
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 3245
  • Notes: Penultimate number in date is barely legible.
  • Inscription: On back of frame, inscription "MV 774”; handwritten label "266-A”; framing tape from Artefact framing house.
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-341
Projeto Portinari

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