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Title
Soccer Game in Brodowski
Description
Composition in earthy, green, gray, white, ochre, red, blue and yellow tones. Smooth texture. Composition representing eight children playing soccer with cemetery, pole, donkey, vegetation and clear sky with gray spots. In the center of the composition, three boys standing, almost opposite, with suggested facial features, running after the ball represented by light circle, near the left of the boy's foot. He wears a clear shirt, black shorts; has legs spread and bare feet. The center one has suggested facial features, wears yellow shirts and black pants. The one to the right has indicated eyes, wears blue long-sleeved shirts, suspender and pants with the bare left leg and bare feet. To the left, further on, undefined irregular spots, and we see behind child almost in profile to the right, wearing white clothing. More to the left and back, boy seated, facing slightly on the right wearing green shirt. To the right of the composition, the other three boys running from the right to the left, one has arms raised and wears a red shirt, the other, a blue shirt and the third, light clothing. To the right of the composition, donkey profile to the right in gray tones and on the left, cross-shaped pole placed in front of the cemetery, represented by clear quadrangular area, where we can see the indication of tombs and cypresses. To the left in the background, vegetation surrounded with five trees suggested, indicating cultivated gardens and fields. To the right of center, an area limited by blue fence with little white house with blue doors and red roof with a Saint John's mast to the side. More to the right, tree with fruit. Very clear sky, with the suggestion of more dense gray clouds to the left of the composition.
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
Themes
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Art Form
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Art Medium
oilArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
canvasArtworkSurfaceType
Collection
Previous Collection
Height
49.5
Width
124
Annotation
Signed in bottom right corner "PORTINARI". Undated
Annotation Others
On reverse, inscriptions "A7203” and "2567”. On stretcher, inscriptions "C 954” and "256”. On back of frame, inscriptions "232” and "178”; label from Artefact framing house.
