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Cocoa

Candido Portinari1938

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in earthy, white, green, gray tones. Rough texture. It depicts a forest with three men sitting around a pile of cocoa beans, along with a child, a woman and another man. In the foreground, on the left, a man facing back is squatting slightly off to the right, he Wears a long sleeve shirt and pants; his elbow on his right knee. To his left, there is a child standing, turned 3/4 to the right. In the background, in the center, a dark area suggests a pile of cocoa beans; on the right a man sitting on a rock, in profile to the left, he wears a long sleeve shirt and pants; his left arm resting on his left leg and his right arm folded, suggesting that his elbow rests on his right knee. On the third level, to the right of center, another man sitting on a stone, 3/4 facing the left and his head bowed; arms stretched resting over his knees and he wears a long sleeve shirt and pants. In the background, on the left, a facing forward woman head-carries a burden and Wears her right hand to hold it; there is also part of tree trunks; on the right, a man stands facing forward.

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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: w41 x h41cm 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: tempera
  • Signature: Unsigned and undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 1004
  • Function: Small-scale color sketch for the mural painting “Cocoa” [FCO 1756]
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-900
Projeto Portinari

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