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Dead Boy
Candido Portinari1955
Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Composition unidentified tones. Texture unidentified. It depicts dead boy lying on the floor, occupying the entire width of the support. He's got his head to the left and feet to the right. The head is thrown back, the on the right arm along the body and bent on the left belly. Facial features represented and wears a cloth tied hips. Background with irregular geometrical areas.
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Details
- Title: Dead Boy
- 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
- Provenance: João Candido Portinari
- Rights: João Candido Portinari
- External Link: Projeto Portinari
- Theme: social:war, social:death, human figure:child:boy
- Technique: oil
- Signature: Signature? Date?
- Painter: Candido Portinari
- Number: FCO 5087
- Function: Small-scale color sketch for the panel War [FCO 3799]
- Catalogue Raisonné: CR-3533
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