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Sugar Cane

Candido Portinari1948

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black and white. Predominance of contour lines. Cane harvest It depicts, against the background with just outlined horizon. In the foreground, on the left, front man, crouched over sugarcane stalks. His on the right knee is on the beam as if holding it. On the right man leaning forward, in profile to the right, scythe in his on the right hand and the on the left hand holds the feet of cane ready to be cut, which are ahead. In the background, center, back figure with cane on the back beam. In the background, diagonal line from the left to the right and from front to back cut the composition suggesting a horizon.

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  • Title: Sugar Cane
  • 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: w14 x h13cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: social:working scenes:sugar cane, social:workers:farm hand, human figure:group:men
  • Technique: lead pencil
  • Signature: Stamped signature in bottom right corner "Portinari*". Undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 587
  • Notes: Support affixed to cardboard.
  • Inscription: On reverse, authentication and inscriptions by Maria Portinari "DN 483” and "Nº 131”.
  • Function: Sketch for the painting “Sugar Cane Harvest” [FCO 3494]
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-2662
Projeto Portinari

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