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Cocoa

Candido Portinari1938

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black and white. Predominance of contour lines. Support squares with graphite, featuring the design for expansion. Cocoa harvest It depicts study. In the foreground, on the left, man crouching almost profile back to the right. On the right man sitting in profile to the left. In the background, mound fruits of cocoa being worked by two men foreground. On the third level, also near the cocoa fruit, another man sitting 3/4 facing left, and on the right standing figure. In the background, several trees suggesting forest.

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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: w14 x h14cm 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: lead pencil , India ink brush , India ink wash
  • Signature: Unsigned and undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 132
  • Inscription: On reverse, authentication and inscriptions by Maria Portinari "DN 474” and "Nº 117”.
  • Function: Small-scale cartoon for the mural painting “Cocoa” [FCO 1756]
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-845
Projeto Portinari

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