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Composition in black and white. Predominance of contour lines. It depicts three people working in the cotton harvest. From the left to the right, standing cotton suggestion; profile figure to the left, with on the left arm stretched towards the foot bush and bag that seems to hang from his neck; little further back, front man figure with his on the left hand on the head and front of the figure, with the head turned to the right, arms outstretched, suggesting to be holding something that is not visible.
Details
- Title: Cotton
- 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: 1948
- Physical Dimensions: w15 x h13cm without frame
- Provenance: João Candido Portinari
- Rights: João Candido Portinari
- External Link: Projeto Portinari
- Theme: social:working scenes:cultivating cotton, social:workers:farm hand, human figure:group:men
- Technique: lead pencil
- Signature: Unsigned and undated
- Painter: Candido Portinari
- Number: FCO 584
- Notes: Support affixed to cardboard.
- Inscription: On reverse, authentication and inscriptions by Maria Portinari "DN 480” and "Nº 133”.
- Function: Sketch for the painting Cotton Harvest [FCO 2965]
- Catalogue Raisonné: CR-2669
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