FCO-5457

Boys Flying Kites

[1941]

code

FCO-5457

CR Number

1557

dimensions

71 x 57.8 cm

Art Form

Painting

Art Medium

oil

Artwork Surface

canvas

General Info

Title
Boys Flying Kites
Description
Composition in tones earthy, ochre, black, blue, red, orange, yellow and white. Smooth texture. Composition representing four boys flying kites in undefined lanscape. Two boys are in the foreground, one in the background and the fourth in the background. All hold the kite string, three are in the air and lying on the floor. Two of the boys wear red shirts, and one checkered; one wearing navy blue shirt and what's more the background is almost indefinite. In the air, we see a red kite, a blue and a yellow and that is fallen is in ochre. The fund is defined by the area in light ochre, suggesting horizon, darkening down and up.

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Support and Technique

Art Form
PaintingArtFormType
Art Medium
oilArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
canvasArtworkSurfaceType

Dimensions

Height
71
Width
57.8

Signature and annotation

Annotation
Signed and dated in bottom right corner "PORTINARI 1941"

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