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Rubber

Candido Portinari1948

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black and white. Quick and tangled lines. It depicts three men working in rubber plantation. On the left, crouching man, facing right, holding with both hands container that carries the head. In the center of the composition, back man down, sitting on the left leg snapping latex from rubber trees with an ax to cut the trunk, on the right hand and a pot on the left hand. The third tapper, on the left, holds a stick that has a rubber tip on the acorn, apparently already passed the cooking process. Behind the man, cone where it puts the fire for cooking latex. On the right, a tree trunk. Floor with quick and tangled lines.

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  • Title: Rubber
  • 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: w43.1 x h30.9cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: social:working scenes:rubber tapping, social:workers:rubber tapper, human figure:group:men
  • Technique: lead pencil
  • Signature: Signed and dated at bottom right "Portinari 948"
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 4093
  • Function: Illustration for the November page of Panair do Brasil's 1955 calendar.
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-2676
Projeto Portinari

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