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Title
Boys Playing
Description
Composition in blue tones, green, ochre, earthy, gray, violet, orange, yellow, rose, black and white. Rough texture and marked brushstrokes. Five boys playing, occupying almost the entire area of the composition that is geometrized. From the left to the right: boy knelt and bent his head down, holding with both hands a trap; boy standing with his back facing the on the right 3/4, setting a sling; boy back, kneeling on the left leg with the head and arms raised, setting a sling; and part of the body of a boy between banana leaves with on the right hand holding a bunch of bananas. On the left behind the lowered boy, another child like that running profile to the right and to the right, three birds flying. The figures are geometrical without represented facial features and the background is geometrized in darker tones, suggesting that a forest.
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
Themes
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Art Form
PaintingArtFormType
Art Medium
oilArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
canvasArtworkSurfaceType
Height
59.5
Width
73
Annotation
Signed and dated at bottom left "PORTINARI 58" and at bottom right "PO[RTINA]R[I] [illegible]"
