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Title
Boys Playing
Description
Composition in gray, ochre, rose, blue, white, black, yellow and earthy. Thick texture, smooth and marked brushstrokes. It depicts kids playing in the area in rose and bluish gray tone bit set. In the foreground to the left, two boys jumping carrion, they are outlined by dark contour lines. What is jumping faces with open legs and arms and what's on the ground is in profile to the left with the upper body leaning forward. On the right, boy sitting on the floor in front, with the upper body bent slightly down looking toward suggesting be a trap that is between her legs. To his on the left, girl, standing with her back, wearing white dress, she has her arms up as if you were rearing a rose parrot. In the background, in the center, suggesting another girl, also back, wearing rose dress and prancing a yellow parrot. The bottom and the floor are defined by strokes predominantly ochre and in the background there is interference blue.
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
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Art Medium
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Artwork Surface
canvasArtworkSurfaceType
Height
46.5
Width
55.5
Annotation
Signed and dated in bottom right corner "PORTINARI 945"
Annotation Exhibition
On back of frame, stamps "MINISTÉRIO DA EDUCAÇÃO E SAÚDE MUSEU NACIONAL DE BELAS ARTES” [underneath initials] and "GARE DE LYON-BERCY DOUANE PARIS”.
Annotation Others
On reverse, inscription "1ª VISITA O PINTOR À BAHIA”. On back of frame, inscriptions "12” and "22”.
