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Coffee Harvest

Candido Portinari1951

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in blue, ochre, earthy, orange, green, yellow, gray and white. Smooth texture. It depicts group of farmers against geometrized background. On the left woman sitting on the floor, turned slightly to the right, with legs straight and hands together between his legs. It has dark hair, caught in ponytail, well-defined facial features and bulky body. wears sleeveless dress, square neckline, long. In the center of the composition, in the background, man standing back to back, leaning to the floor, arms to the front of the body and legs apart. Using wide-brimmed hat, short-sleeved shirt and pants rolled up in the middle of the leg. On the right, almost in the same direction, man standing facing, head turned back, legs apart, on the left foot back to the left and the on the right slightly to the right, holding a gourd or jug ​​with both hands at the top, as if you were drinking it. wears short-sleeved shirt and pants rolled up at the knees. On the left, the third plan, front woman, turned slightly to the right, with little bundle on his head, holding in his on the right hand. It has suggested facial features, wears handles long round shirt and skirt. The four figures are barefoot. Ground defined by geometrical areas in light-dark shades. Line representing the horizon and the sky area.

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  • Title: Coffee 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: 1951
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w153 x h185cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: social:working scenes:cultivating coffee, social:workers:female settler, social:workers:farm hand, human figure:man, human figure:woman
  • Technique: oil
  • Signature: Signed and dated at bottom right "PORTINARI 1951"
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 4262
  • Function: Work executed for the insurance company A Equitativa dos Estados Unidos do Brasil – Sociedade Anônima de Seguros Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, RJ
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-2920
Projeto Portinari

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