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Title
Boys with Balloons
Description
Composition in ochre, earthy, gray, blue, red, white and black. Smooth texture. It depicts boys and balloons against the open lanscape. In the center of the composition, three boys in perspective to the bottom and from the right to on the left, suggesting they are running forward, toward the balloons. The boys have suggested facial features, wear shirts and pants fluttering clear and brimmed hat. The first boy wears red hat and the other two in gray tones. Overhead, three balloons in perspective also to the bottom and to the left, the first larger balloon, is ahead of the boys and of his mouth, leaving colored ribbons in red and white tones. On the left boys, tucked mast flag on the floor with the tip, esvoaçada on the right with a design in the center. Floor range occupying a third of the support in dark tones. Dark sky suggesting dusk, lightening on the horizon, leaving only one-third of the composition in light shade.
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
Themes
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Art Form
PaintingArtFormType
Art Medium
oilArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
canvasArtworkSurfaceType
Height
46
Width
55
Annotation
Signed and dated in bottom left corner "PORTINARI 936"
Annotation Others
On stretcher, label from Galeria Bonino "AUTOR: Candido Portinari; TÍTULO: Meninos com balões, medida: 0,46 x 0,55; procedência: Coleção particular”.
