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General Info
Title
Boys Playing
Description
Composition in black and white. Parallel lines. It depicts children playing, climbing tree, whose trunk cuts the composition vertically. Four boys are standing on the ground, one on the left of the tree and three on the right. Everyone is looking and with arms stretched toward the tree and the boys who are trepados it. Two boys go up in the trunk: one, marked with soft contours, it is more on top; the second boy is lower and is more defined. Basically, parallel scratches and sun on the right. The scene is bounded by rectangle. Outside the rectangle, a figure standing in front, looking hold a bag or cloth, in front of the extended body.
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
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Function
Artwork Function
SketchArtworkFunctionType
Artwork Function Description
Sketch for the engraving Boy in Tree [FCO 809]
Support and Technique
Art Form
DrawingArtFormType
Art Medium
lead pencilArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
paperArtworkSurfaceType
Technique
Work executed in the artist’s own sketchbook.
Dimensions
Height
32
Width
24
Signature and annotation
Annotation
Unsigned and undated
