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Boys Playing

Candido Portinari1955

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black tones, red ochre, blue and white. Contour lines, dotted and shaded. Composition representing several studies of playing boys and a ram. On the left support, boy from the front, standing on the left leg with his on the left arm stretched up high and straight down, head tilted forward, carrying on his back a long bent stick. More to the right, boy back, standing on the left leg, seeing the on the right bent with the knee out and foot on the left knee, has his arms up and to the left is stretched and folded on the right. The on the right-hand side you see sheep, standing in profile to the left with his head raised. A little further back, boy, to a lesser extent, planting banana with the body stretched upside down, legs straight and arms folded with head resting on the ground. At the upper margin of the carrier on the left, banana boy planting but still with the body almost horizontally and leaning on the right hand that is unfolded on the floor while the on the left arm is stretched almost horizontal. The center and on the right, two boys crouched, almost face to face, playing marbles. The on the left is sitting with her knees up and arms in her lap, the on the right is kneeling on his on the left leg and is who is throwing the ball.

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  • Title: Boys Playing
  • 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: w23.5 x h30cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: Brazilian Culture:children's games:play:marbles, Brazilian Culture:children's games:play:handstand, social:peace, Brazilian Culture:children's games:play, Brazilian Culture:children's games:play:somersault, Nature:Animals:sheep, human figure:child:boy, human figure:group:children
  • Technique: lead pencil
  • Signature: Unsigned and undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 4733
  • Inscription: On reverse, various numbers, some calculations and sketches of figures, in the hand of the artist.
  • Function: Study, not used, for the panel “Peace” [FCO 3798]
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-3668
Projeto Portinari

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