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Title
Laundry Delivery Boy
Description
Composition in white tones, blue, gray, ochre, earthy, green, red and black. Smooth and rough texture. Few contour lines in black. Predominance of colorful shapes. Representation man riding a bicycle holding large blue flowing cloth in the background, boy prancing kite, path and blue sky suggestion. In the foreground, on the right, front man riding on bicycle. It has dark skin, red cap suggestion about the head and face with no facial features represented. wears loose windbreaker emblazoned long sleeve black diamonds and white with touches of red, white trousers with touches of gray, black and red, loose and baggy also flowing. On the right arm stretched to the left and up, holding large blue cloth with red accents, black and white; on the left hand arm folded at the height of the mouth looking insure a bare feet suggesting object and are supported on the bicycle pedals. Floor in the foreground in shades of green, ochre, white and gray with touches of black and red, suggesting follow in perspective for background curved to the right. In the background, on the right, boy's back, standing, wearing blue white clothing shorts. The arms are open and raised in the direction of a white kite is steep in the sky. In the background blue sky with white accents.
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
Themes
Related Event
4
Related Document
23
Artwork Function
Small-scale color sketchArtworkFunctionType
Artwork Function Description
Small-scale color sketch for the panel Laundry Delivery Boy [FCO 4162]
Art Form
PaintingArtFormType
Art Medium
temperaArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
plywoodArtworkSurfaceType
Preservation Number
Obra tombada sob o nº 96.
Collection
Height
45
Width
35.7
Annotation
Signed and dated at bottom left "PORTINARI 1942"
Annotation Others
On reverse, stamp "MUSEU DE ARTE CONTEMPORÂNEA DE PERNAMBUCO Quadro nº 96”.
