FCO-892 - Figures [Study] | Artwork

Is Part Of

General Info

Title

Figures

Description

Composition in blue and white. Sketch lines. Children It depicts playing against checkered background suggesting tile panel. The group is surrounded by sinuous line. To the left, we see two girls running wheel and bustle, and in the center, girl jumping rope; on the right, boy jumping obstacle with open legs and arms, and a profile of boy walking to the right. Outside the fenced area, lines suggesting grid.

Location Created

BrazilRio de JaneiroRio de JaneiroPlace

Author

Candido PortinariPerson

About

Themes

Brazilian Culturechildren's gamesplaySubject

Human FiguregroupchildrenSubject

Function

Artwork Function

StudyArtworkFunctionType

Artwork Function Description

Study 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

Authenticity

DN Number

495.a

Collection

1221/1- Museu Nacional de Belas Artes MNBA transferidaCollection

Previous Collection

Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos adquirida em 1998Collection

Dimensions

Height

9.8

Width

17.5

Signature and annotation

Annotation

Stamped signature at bottom right edge "Portinari*". Undated

Annotation Removed

Por ocasião da restauração, foram retiradas as seguintes inscrições do cartão onde a obra estava colada "Desenho de autoria de Candido Portinari, autenticado por Maria Victoria Portinari DN 495 (a)".