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Boys with Sheep

Candido Portinari1959

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in blue tones, ochre, earthy, rose, green, yellow and black. Texture unidentified. It depicts children playing and ram against geometrized background. In the foreground, on the left, lamb lying on its hind legs and profile stretched front to the right. On the right, toward the sheep, boy planting banana, supported on the left hand that is flattened on the ground. The boy is upside down, on the left arm stretched to the floor and stretched on the right to the left and up; legs straight up, with the on the left foot on the right. Have dark hair, wears blue shirt and shorts and is barefoot. On the left boy sitting in front of balance. He holds swing ropes with both hands, is with the on the right leg bent in the direction of the floor and the on the left a little to the right and to the bottom, suggesting momentum to swing. It has defined facial features, dark hair and wears clothes in ochre tones and earthy, with dashed red. Floor with geometrical areas, with three tracks with predominant tones. Dark blue sky and sun on the right.

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  • Title: Boys 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: 1959
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w112 x h172cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: Brazilian Culture:children's games:play:swing, Brazilian Culture:children's games:play:somersault, Nature:Animals:sheep, human figure:child:boy, human figure:group:children
  • Technique: oil
  • Signature: Signed and dated at right edge "PORTINARI 59"
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 4703
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-4447
Projeto Portinari

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