EMPTY LABEL
Title
Boy with Kite
Description
Composition in tones earthy, blue, gray, orange, red, green and rose. Smooth texture with strokes marked on the boy and sheep. Boy playing with kites, sheep behind, in clearing earthy with hills and moon in the background. The boy sitting on the floor, a little on the left of center, with his head down, straight hair combed forward, legs apart, holding with both hands a few kites that are on the floor between her legs. The boy's clothing, orange and red, is indicated by marked strokes that form geometrism and his arms and legs represented in rose. Sheep is lying behind the boy, with the profile body to the right, front legs and head facing forward and twisted to the left, as if looking toward the kite. Drop shadows of sheep's legs and the boy's legs. Flat earthy with mountains on the horizon, bright blue sky and sun represented in green in the upper on the right half of the composition.
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
Themes
Related Event
3
Related Document
20
Art Form
PaintingArtFormType
Art Medium
oilArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
canvasArtworkSurfaceType
Preservation Number
Obra tombada sob o nº 955-P-25.
Collection
Height
60
Width
73
Annotation
Signed and dated in bottom right corner "PORTINARI 54"
Annotation Others
On reverse, label "SESC-DAC-MARGS. Nº de Inventário 955-P-25. Autor: Cândido Portinari. Gênero: Pintura. Título: O Menino do Papagaio. Técnica: Pintura a oleo. Dimensões: 0,59 x 0,72. Técnico responsável: Maria Ignacia Proença”.
