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Cocoa

Candido Portinari1938

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in ochre, gray, green, blue, black, purple and white. Fine texture. Cocoa harvest It depicts study. In the foreground, on the left, man crouched with his back, in profile to the right. Behind him, a figure from the front. On the right man sitting in profile to the left. On the third level, another man sat 3/4 facing left, and on the right standing figure. The figures do not have facial features and are represented by fine contours and colors that give them volume. Ground and background defined by colored areas.

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  • Title: Cocoa
  • 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: w41.5 x h42cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: social:working scenes:cultivating cocoa, social:workers:farm hand, human figure:group:men
  • Technique: gouache , lead pencil
  • Signature: Stamped signature in bottom left corner "Portinari*". Undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 4704
  • Notes: Support affixed to cardboard.
  • Inscription: Numbers on image correspond to numbers in color scale
  • Function: Small-scale color sketch for the mural painting “Cocoa” [FCO 1756]
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-901
Projeto Portinari

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