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Rice Harvest

Candido Portinari1954

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in ochre, earthy, blue, gray, white, green and orange. Rough texture with marked and thick brush strokes in some parts of the foreground. It depicts in rice field with farmers, scarecrow and horses. In the foreground, in the center of the composition, three farmers: on the right profile woman bent to the left with arms outstretched on the floor taking a rice spikelets sauce. wears short-sleeved dress, long ankle, geometrized in shades of blue. Little further back, to the right of center, man standing, facing, supported with the on the right hand on the handle of a hoe vertically, the height, and on the left hand on his forehead as if looking at a distance. Wears sleeveless shirt and white trousers. Further back, to the left, almost crouching woman's profile to the right with arms outstretched as if collecting the ears already cut. On the ground, cut tufts arranged asymmetrically. In the background, on the left, profile man on the left working with hoe, hat wears tabs and blue clothes. Beside woman in front with child on her lap, also in the blue dress. Bit on the right will, crouching front man with his head down. On the right beam joints large spikes. On the third level, on the left profile white horse to the left with man riding, stake high with scarecrow and on the right, a house, two white horses, one in front, another profile prancing on the left and suggestion of another figure. In the background, clear blue sky and hills on the horizon.

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  • Title: Rice Harvest
  • Creator Lifespan: 1903-12-29 - 1962-12-06
  • Creator Nationality: Brazilian
  • Creator Gender: Male
  • Creator Death Place: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • Creator Birth Place: Brodowski, São Paulo, Brazil
  • Date: 1954
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w61 x h50cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: social:working scenes:cultivating rice, social:workers:female settler, social:workers:farm hand, Brazilian Culture:scarecrow, Nature:landscape:field, human figure:man, human figure:woman
  • Technique: oil
  • Signature: Signed and dated at bottom right "PORTINARI 54"
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 1549
  • Inscription: On reverse, label "GALERIA IPANEMA Nome: Portinari – Descriminação: Colheita de Arroz – Dimensões: 61 x 50 Nº R/16/a/CP”.
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-3272
Projeto Portinari

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