EMPTY LABEL
Title
Boy Crying
Description
Composition in gray tones, earthy, ochre, blue, violet, lilac, white, black and red. Thick texture, wear spatula and marked brushstrokes. Composition representing crying boy, standing in front, occupying the entire stand tall against ochre background and earthy ground. The figure is represented with a marked significant deformation. It is squalid, has very marked, angular face, black hair, creased forehead, big eyes with "stone tears" rolling down his face, long nose a little deformed, lips down with pained expression and on the right chin. wears colored clothing gray, black, violet and blue; his on the right arm is along the body and the on the left is bent to the next hand to her temple. It is with legs slightly apart, and the on the right is stretched and bent on the left; You are barefoot. The boy is standing on the ground in earthy tone. Suggesting clear the background area on the right angled wall. Around the figure are seen geometrized areas suggesting projection of shadows.
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
Themes
Related Event9
Related Document33
Art Form
PaintingArtFormType
Art Medium
oilArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
canvasArtworkSurfaceType
Collection
Israel Museum incorporada em 1965, quando o Bezalel National Museum foi incorporado pelo Israel MuseumCollection
Previous Collection
Height
100
Width
81
Annotation
Signed and dated in bottom left corner "PORTINARI 945"
Annotation Exhibition
On reverse, stamps "MINISTÉRIO DA EDUCAÇÃO E SAÚDE MUSEU NACIONAL DE BELAS ARTES Geraldo [illegible] de Lima” and "GARE DE LYON-BERCY DOUANE”; label "GALERIE CHARPENTIER 76, RUE DU FG. SAINT HONORÉ PARIS Anjou 57-61 – 34-82 PORTINARI 1946”; inscriptions "M2620-5-55” and "512/37”. On back of frame, stamps "MINISTÉRIO DA EDUCAÇÃO E SAÚDE MUSEU NACIONAL DE BELAS ARTES Geraldo [illegible] de Lima” and "GARE DE LYON-BERCY DOUANE”; inscriptions "512/37” and "M2620-5-55”.
