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Boy from Brodowski

Candido Portinari1946

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black and white. Contour lines and some shaded. Composition representing boy sitting on box, seen from above, occupying almost the entire height of the support against a plain background. The boy is from the front, has a round face, fallen short hair on the forehead, just suggested eyebrows, large almond-shaped eyes facing forward, broad nose, lips closed and square chin. wears short-sleeved shirt with open collar and "short" with suspenders. Her legs are bent at the knees up, slightly apart and feet are bare. Arm bent with on the right hand at the level of the stomach and on the left also doubled with hand on the knee. The boy is sitting on bin suggesting it down the prospect that has the boy.

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  • Title: Boy from Brodowski
  • 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: 1946
  • Location Created: Brodowski, São Paulo, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w45.5 x h88cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: human figure:child:boy
  • Technique: oil
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 3687
  • Inscription: Signed and dated in dedication in bottom right corner "Para Cordelia e Jacques com todo o nosso agradecimento pelas gentilesas [sic] que nos fizeram, Portinari Paris 1.946”
  • Function: Children of Brodowski Series
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-2459
Projeto Portinari

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