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Title
Boys Swimming
Description
Composition in black and white. Curved lines, dotted lines and shaded parallel. Boys group representation swimming in the river with the lanscape background with hills and cattle grazing. In the foreground, near the river bank, three naked boys back: the on the left, with his arms raised undressing mind; the center waving his on the right arm to his companion in front and the third curved 3/4 to on the left, arms outstretched toward the clothes on the floor. Among boys are scattered some vegetation tufts. In the background, river represented by broad band with parallel sinuous lines and concentric circles into the water seeing in the center of the composition, child swim to the left and on the right front boy with only apparent half-bust, waving for companion standing on edge. The children are represented by dotted shading and parallel and the facial features have slightly sketched. Into the river are seen scattered small fish. On the third level, representation of high hills with grazing cattle and the upper on the right corner, taller vegetation.
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
Themes
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Art Form
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Art Medium
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Artwork Surface
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Technique
Support affixed to hardboard.
Previous Collection
Height
34.3
Width
48
Annotation
Signed and dated in bottom left corner "Portinari 55"
Annotation Others
In bottom left corner, embossed mark of the paper "Shoellers Hammer”.
