General Info
Title
Boy with Goats
Description
Composition in gray, orange, white, black, green, earthy, ochre, blue and yellow. Smooth texture. It depicts a boy milking a goat, in the middle of a fenced, where other goats, with ground and geometrized background. In the foreground, on the left, boy sitting on the floor in profile to the left, taking the goat milk is standing by his side, in profile to the right. The boy wears orange shirt and blue pants at the knees and is barefoot. on the far left, on the floor, round bowl with water. On the right, detached from the others, the only goat represented with the body without geometrism. In the background, on the left, four goats from the front, side by side. In the third level, occupying the entire width of the composition, various other animals grouped and defined some other merely suggested by eyes represented by dots of geometric areas. The body of all animals, except for the on the right of the goat, is populated by small colored rectangles. From the on the right lateral support to the bottom, about plump comprises seven beams. Geometric floor and wide background in small areas overlapping rectangles.
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
About
Themes
Support and Technique
Dimensions
Height
17
Width
20
Signature and annotation
Annotation
Signed and dated at bottom right "Portinari 60"
Annotation Exhibition
On back of frame, label "MUSEU DE ARTE CONTEMPORÂNEA da Universidade de São Paulo. Parque Ibirapuera – C.P. 22031 – S. Paulo – Brasil. TITULO DA EXPOSIÇÃO: PORTINARI PINTOR SOCIAL. AUTOR: C.Portinari DADOS BIOGRAFICOS: TITULO DA OBRA E DATA: Menino das Cabras 1960 TECNICA: Oleo s/ papelão DIMENSÕES: 16,9 x 20,1 PROPRIEDADE: João Carlos Leite Bastos S.P.”.
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