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Title
Boy
Description
Composition in blue and white. Smooth texture. Front boy with arms and legs spread in "X", occupying the entire support area against white background. The figure is set by colored areas in two shades of blue, the face has only outlined eyes and suggested hair, boy arms the are stretched with open hands and feet are perpendicular, seeing the soles with three spots on drop-shaped and each contoured fingers. The boy wear clothes with long sleeves and pants whose drapery is defined geometrism the two shades of blue juxtaposed. The on the right arm appears more stretched than the on the left and on the right leg is slightly bent.
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
Themes
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Artwork Function
Small-scale color sketchArtworkFunctionType
Artwork Function Description
Small-scale color sketch, not used, for the tile panel Playing Leapfrog [FCO 1747]
Art Form
PaintingArtFormType
Art Medium
gouacheArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
paperArtworkSurfaceType
Height
19.5
Width
19.5
Dimension Notes
precisão: aproximadas
Annotation
Signed and dated at bottom left "Portinari, Paris 950"
Annotation Author
Dedication at bottom right "Para Ana Maria, com um beijo do Tio Candinho 23-V-1952 Azulejo para o Conjunto do Pedregulho”
