General Info
Title
Portrait of João Candido
Description
Composition in blue, ochre, white, earthy, red, rose, purple, gray, green and black. Rough and thick texture. Portrait of full-length boy with kites and balloons around, occupying almost the entire vertical area of support. The boy is standing in front, his head turned three quarters to the left, the on the right arm down holding the edge of a rhomboid kite, checkered blue and black, which is at the height of his head. The on the left arm is folded up and the hand holds the thread of another green lozenge kite, which is at the height of his feet in the lower on the right corner of the composition. The dress shirt depicted in small diamonds, long sleeve pullover and in larger diamonds, baggy pants in blue with white dots and three patched - two on the right leg and one on the left - pants and shoes with ankle strap. Behind the boy, at the neck, a square purple; in the upper on the right corner, a balloon of the same color; in the lower on the left corner, a blue kite and a red ball. Background with visible brush strokes in pastel shades, pulling the rose until the boy's waist height and white, pulling the blue, with the same kind of treatment in the upper half of the composition.
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
About
Themes
About Person
João Candido PortinariPerson
Support and Technique
Authenticity
Certificate
431
Collection
Previous Collection
Athena Galeria de ArteCollection
Dimensions
Height
100
Width
80
Dimension Notes
precisão: aproximadas
Signature and annotation
Annotation
Signed and dated in top left corner "PORTINARI 1941"
Relations
Related Document32
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