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Title
Boy with Sheep
Description
Composition in black, gray and red tones. Contour lines, shaded and scraped. Composition representing babe lying, embracing ram. The boy is on the left of the support lying in the prone position, with legs bent and up. Has defined facial features and looks forward, his arms are folded and hug a sheep around his neck. The animal is in profile to the left and crosses the entire width of the support. It has stretched the front legs and the back are folded. Soft tangled lines cross the composition. In the upper on the right half of the support, red circle suggesting vanishing point.
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
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Art Form
DrawingArtFormType
Art Medium
lead pencilArtMediumType
color crayonArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
paperArtworkSurfaceType
Technique
Support affixed to yellow cardboard.
Height
23
Width
36.5
Annotation
Signed and dated in bottom right corner "Portinari 55" and at bottom left "Portinari"
Annotation Others
On back of frame, labels "24” and "Mme Fessard”; inscription "A. Fessard 51 Rue Molitor Paris.
