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Title
Boy with Small Bird and Trap
Description
Composition in gray, ochre, earthy, blue, red, green and black. Rough texture, marked strokes. Representation boy with bird against background with parallel grooves and winding. Boy standing in front with narrow-brimmed straw hat that partially covers her small face and tilted slightly downward. Has closed eyes, short nose, closed red lips and narrow chin. Dress Shirt graycale, short sleeve, sleeve rounded corners, without buttons. Also pants rolled up shades of gray to the knees. He has lifted his on the right hand at chest height holding a blue bird. The on the left arm is lying along the body and the small hand holds trap. It has legs open, bare feet, on the left foot forward in front, foot profile on the right to the left. Face, arms, hands, legs and feet in red ochre. Base composition in ochre and rose ground. Background in tone sand with grooves whose effect is the uneven parallel stripes.
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
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Art Form
PaintingArtFormType
Art Medium
oilArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
plywoodArtworkSurfaceType
Height
167
Width
68
Annotation
Signed and dated at bottom right "PORTINARI 959"
Annotation Exhibition
On reverse, label "Col. Marques de Cattanio Adorni – ‘Menino’ óleo Exposição em Milão – Itália de 21 de Março a 21 de Abril 1963".