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Sky with Balloons

Candido Portinari1941

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in blue, white, red and black. Smooth texture. Representation sky with moon, stars and balloons. All sky blue, with white moon in the upper on the right half; three balloons side by side and decreasing sizes from the left to the right, in the center; three rabiolas in red with stars on the tips to the left, center and on the right; and several scattered white stars. Two black lines cut composition, intersecting in the upper on the right half: a slightly diagonal from the left to the right and from top to bottom and the other beneath diagonally up and from the left to the right.

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  • Title: Sky with Balloons
  • 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: 1941
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w37 x h26cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: Brazilian Culture:children's games:toys:balloon, Nature:landscape:sky
  • Technique: gouache
  • Signature: Signed and dated in bottom right corner "Portinari 1941"
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 2616
  • Inscription: On back of frame, label "5/10”.
  • Function: Illustration for program of the theatrical production Joujoux e Balangandans, held at the Copacabana Palace Theater, Rio de Janeiro, RJ.
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-1496
Projeto Portinari

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