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Boy with Sheep
Candido Portinari1955
Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Composition in black shades, blue, red ochre and white. Straight and parallel lines. Sheep and child occupying almost the entire composition. To the left, sheep lying profile to the right. Beside her, boy kneeling, leaning forward, holding the animal's head. The figures are depicted with dashed parallel.
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Details
- Title: Boy with Sheep
- 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: 1955
- Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
- Physical Dimensions: w28 x h18cm without frame
- Provenance: João Candido Portinari
- Rights: João Candido Portinari
- External Link: Projeto Portinari
- Theme: Nature:Animals:sheep, human figure:child:boy
- Technique: crayon, color crayon, colored pencil
- Signature: Unsigned and undated
- Painter: Candido Portinari
- Number: FCO 546
- Notes: Support affixed to cardboard.
- Inscription: On reverse, authentication and inscriptions by Maria Portinari "DN 186” and "Nº 919”.
- Catalogue Raisonné: CR-3458
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