General Info
Title
Boy with Tray
Description
Composition in ochre, earthy, rose, gray, green, black and blue. Smooth texture, marked strokes. Is boyish figure on checkerboard floor and background with treatment of geometric shapes. Boy standing facing, head 3/4 on the left. Maintains on the head, a board hiding her eyes and lets you see the flat nose and thick lips parted. On the left hand raised to his head, holding board. On the right hand holds a gourd pressed against the thigh and on the left knee. He has bare-chested, wearing green pants rolled up to his knees. Leg and on the right foot forward. On the left knee flexed, on the left leg and foot side on the right. Bare feet on checkerboard floor in gray. Background with squares and rectangles in shades of gray, blue and ochre.
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
About
Themes
Support and Technique
Authenticity
Certificate
399
Dimensions
Height (cm)
100
Width (cm)
81
Signature and annotation
Annotation
Signed and dated in bottom right corner "PORTINARI 1947"
Annotation Exhibition
On back of frame, stamps "GARE DE LYON – BERCY DOUANE DE PARIS” and "Ministério da Educação e Saúde Museu Nacional de Belas Artes”; labels "Fink lote cx nº 28 São Paulo” and "Fink nº 1 Rio”; inscription "Menino Taboleiro [sic]”. On stretcher, label "Col. Dr. Mem Xavier da Silveira Menino com Tabuleiro óleo 100 x 080 Exposição em Milão – Itália de 21 de Março a 21 de Abril 1963 57”; stamp on paper "DOGANA MILANO” and stamp "Casa Minerva Rua 7 de setembro, 57”.
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