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Title
Boy with Sheep
Description
Composition in tones earthy, blue, green, white, yellow, violet, gray, black, ochre, orange and rose. Smooth texture in the background, yellow shirt rough and thick in the ram, with marked areas bluish strokes in the animal body. Boy sitting, hugging sheep lying beside her, taking up almost the entire stand area. On the left, sheep lying on the paws, profile to the right, with her head resting on the boy's chest that is sitting in front, holding the animal's head. The boy is shown in dark blue-green color; has oval face tilted to the right, short, black hair, with blue spots and bangs on the forehead. Represented facial features and chin resting on the head of sheep standing in front of him with his nose resting on his on the left shoulder. With both hands hugging the animal's neck and both legs are folded in front of him. Dresses in yellow short-sleeved shirt, purple shorts and seems to be barefoot. Sheep is represented in white and light blue, has outlined the muzzle, round eye and ear fallen. The horizon line cuts the composition at the time of the boy's back delimiting area in earthy tones, geometrizando up as it approaches the bottom edge. Blue, seeing in the distance mountains to the left and hill on the right.
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
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Art Form
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Art Medium
oilArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
canvasArtworkSurfaceType
Height
60
Width
73
Annotation
Signed and dated at bottom left "PORTINARI 54"
Annotation Exhibition
On stretcher, label "Exposição Museu Nacional de Belas Artes – Rio de Janeiro junho 1972”. On back of frame, inscriptions "Portinary”, "1 mold nº 8 B” and "73,0 x 60,8”.
