FCO-2276

Boys Flying Kites

1938

code

FCO-2276

CR Number

937

dimensions

28.5 x 35 cm

Art Form

Painting

Art Medium

gouache

Artwork Surface

paper

General Info

Title
Boys Flying Kites
Description
Composition in blue, green tones, gray, ochre, black, white, red, yellow, rose and orange. Smooth texture. Boys flying kites in the field of lanscape. Four children back, side by side, forming slight diagonal from the left to the right and from front to back, flying kites. From the left to the right: boy shorts with suspenders crossed in the back, prancing white kite; child, smaller than the others, red shirt, yellow prancing kite; boy facing left, short pants and white shirt with red kite; another boy facing left, also in short pants, yellow shirt and prancing rose kite. On the bottom on the right, boy sitting on the floor, front, with several kites in her lap, as if playing. Treeless lanscape with hint of small white flowers in the foreground and strip of water on the left of center in perspective for background. Minor elevations on the horizon, light blue and orange kite in the upper on the left corner, cut by the upper edge of the support.

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Support and Technique

Art Form
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Art Medium
gouacheArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
paperArtworkSurfaceType

Dimensions

Height (cm)
28.5
Width (cm)
35
Dimension Notes
precisão: aproximadas

Signature and annotation

Annotation
Signed and dated at bottom left "PORTINARI 1938"
Annotation Others
On back of frame, label from Baguete framing house.

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