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Toys

Candido Portinari1937

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition unidentified tones. Texture unidentified. It depicts children playing leapfrog, trap and kites. In the foreground to the left, two boys jumping carrion, they are outlined by dark contour lines. What is jumping faces, arms and legs open and what's on the ground, is in profile to the left, with the upper body leaning forward. On the right, boy sitting on the floor in front, playing with trap that it is between her legs. On the rightmost girl standing back to back, with the head in profile to the left, prancing kite. In the background, in the center, another girl, also back prancing kite. Background in light and dark tones.

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  • Title: Toys
  • 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: 1937
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w55.5 x h46.5cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: Brazilian Culture:children's games:play:flying kites, Brazilian Culture:children's games:play:leapfrog, Brazilian Culture:children's games:toys:bird trap, human figure:child:girl, human figure:child:boy
  • Technique: oil
  • Signature: Unsigned and undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 5159
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-679
Projeto Portinari

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