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Cocoa

Candido Portinari1948

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black and white. Contour lines. It depicts three figures working in the cocoa processing in the center of the stand. On the left, kneeling figure on the right leg, on the right arm raised, holding a machete on the left hand holds fruit of the cocoa. Slightly behind and to the right, suggesting a mound of cocoa beans. In the center, behind the fruit container with a crouching figure in the hand in a position to shed more cocoa fruit on the mound ahead. Behind this figure, a bit to the left, another profile to the right figure, tilted down, with a sort of cart ahead.

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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: 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 cocoa, social:workers:farm hand
  • Technique: lead pencil
  • Signature: Unsigned and undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 585
  • Notes: Support affixed to cardboard.
  • Inscription: On reverse, authentication and inscriptions by Maria Portinari "DN 445” and "Nº 135”.
  • Function: Sketch for the painting “Cocoa Harvest” [FCO 5084]
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-2672
Projeto Portinari

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