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Coffee

Candido Portinari1954

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black and white. Overlapping lines, parallel, compact spots, fine lines, curved and defined strokes. Composition representing coffee harvest It depicts with figures working on various activities. In the foreground, on the left, settler figure sitting on the floor, almost in profile to the right, wearing scarf over her head, with facial features slightly suggested in the profile. It is with arms resting on thighs and legs slightly open. wear long sleeve blouse, skirt printed with suggestion and have bare feet. Behind her ten sacks stacked, with on the left foot bag of suggestion, open. In the center, behind and between the figures, two coffee mounds. On the right figure of a man, standing in front, carrying a bag over his head, holding the ends with your hands. wear light clothing, marked by geometrical areas, is with legs apart and have bare feet. Behind them, three sacks stacked. In the second level, four figures. On the left foot foreman profile to the right, with the on the right arm stretched horizontally on command position. Wearing a hat and high boots. The other three figures seem to work bagging coffee; are the bodies bent forward and wear hat. In the background, hint of coffee plantation and four sacks stacked to the left of the composition.

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  • Title: Coffee
  • 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: 1954
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w40 x h50cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: social:working scenes:cultivating coffee, social:workers:foreman, social:workers:female settler, social:workers:farm hand, human figure:man, human figure:woman
  • Technique: India ink pen , India ink brush
  • Signature: Signed in bottom half "PORTINARI". Undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 3522
  • Function: Illustration for cover of a publication of Diários Associados
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-3281
Projeto Portinari

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