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Coffee

Candido Portinari1957

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black and white. Contour lines and chiaroscuro effects achieved through shaded and parallel and intersecting lines. Coffee farmers having the coffee plantation background. In the foreground, center, semi-kneeling man, nearly edge-on to the left. Head tilted down and concealed by wide-brimmed hat. The on the left knee is supported on the ground and the on the right leg bent with advanced ahead. Holds a collection of branches of coffee in his on the left hand while the on the right moves rake to spread coffee beans on the ground. On the right farmer stacking coffee bags, standing, front, with wide-brimmed hat on his head. In the background, almost to the center, farmer pouring grain in a sieve to a bag on the ground. Near the bag, lying dog. On the right, sifting coffee woman. In the third level, on the left, farmer carrying coffee bag in the back and moving away from the group. The center backs worker, leaning toward coffee bags cells. In the background, coffee plantation.

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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: 1957
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w51.1 x h36.6cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: social:working scenes:cultivating coffee, social:workers:female settler, social:workers:farm hand, human figure:group:men, human figure:woman
  • Technique: lead pencil
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 920
  • Notes: Support affixed to cardboard.
  • Inscription: Signed in dedication at bottom right "Ao Mem com um grande abraço pelo dia de hoje Portinari 22-Fev 61”. Undated
  • Function: Study for the painting “Winnowing Coffee” [FCO 1041]
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-4128
Projeto Portinari

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