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Tobacco

Candido Portinari1938

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in the earthy tones, ochre, white, green, gray, black and blue. Smooth texture with visible brush strokes. Color was used to serve as a road map in the execution of mural by setting only, large colored areas. The figures are only outlined there is no trace defined physiognomy. The composition is, several people outdoor be suggested wherein a collecting sheets, a small bush. In the foreground, on the left, female figure sitting on the floor in profile to the right with his hand on the right knee. On the right, green area. In the background, the center back of man, with the upper body leaning forward, near a plant with four leaves. On the right, another plant, and front man, with arms raised, suggesting be drinking in a gourd that holds with the hand. On the third level, on the left, woman carrying kind of gourd. In the background, in the center, another woman carrying something on the head and regular geometric areas. All around the color project, which is pasted on card, there are several notes on mixing colors with arrows locating each specific color within the composition.

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  • Title: Tobacco
  • 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: 1938
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w43.5 x h47cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: social:working scenes:tobacco, social:workers:female settler, social:workers:farm hand, human figure:man, human figure:woman, diverse:recurring elements:gourd
  • Technique: gouache , lead pencil , color crayon, fountain pen
  • Signature: Unsigned and undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 50
  • Inscription: Montage by the artist on cardboard. Numbers, arrows and inscriptions distributed throughout image and cardboard. On reverse of cardboard, authentication, and on back of frame, inscription "DN 698,” both by Maria Portinari.. Inscriptions, at top right, "120 cal”, "1 omb.”, "100 gris” and "OUI”
  • Function: Small-scale color sketch for the mural painting “Tobacco” [FCO 1752]
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-882
Projeto Portinari

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