FCO-565 - Children’s Games [Sketch] | Artwork

Is Part Of

General Info

Title

Children’s Games

Description

Composition in blue and white. Predominance of colored areas. Children It depicts playing against checkerboard and dotted background. In the foreground, cue in hand five girls, side by side horizontally. In the background, to the left, two girls playing ball and on the right, two more jumping rope. The figures are surrounded by winding line.

Location Created

BrazilRio de JaneiroRio de JaneiroPlace

Author

Candido PortinariPerson

About

Themes

Brazilian Culturechildren's gamesplayring-around-a-rosySubject

Brazilian Culturechildren's gamesplayskipping ropeSubject

Brazilian Culturechildren's gamestoysballSubject

Human FiguregroupchildrenSubject

Function

Artwork Function

SketchArtworkFunctionType

Artwork Function Description

Sketch for a tile panel for the façade of the Palácio Gustavo Capanema, Rio de Janeiro, RJ; not executed

Support and Technique

Art Form

DrawingArtFormType

Art Medium

gouacheArtMediumType

Artwork Surface

paperArtworkSurfaceType

Technique

Support affixed to cardboard.

Authenticity

DN Number

174

Dimensions

Height

Width

Signature and annotation

Annotation

Stamped signature at top left corner "PORTINARI*". Undated

Annotation Family

On reverse, inscriptions by Maria Portinari "Desenho de autoria de Candido Portinari, autenticado por Maria Victoria Portinari,” "Nº 544” and "DN 174”.