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Coffee Carrier
Candido Portinari1938
Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Composition in black and brown. Lines defining contours and shading setting volumes. Worker walking with bag on head, occupying the entire area of support. Vigorous man walking slightly turned to the left, carrying big sack on his head. It has partially shady rounded face and covered by huge bag that carries the head. muscular arms raised holding hands the bag tips. Shirt wears of rolled half sleeve and pants rolled between the legs letting appear the huge bare feet. Behind the figure of three large bags stack.
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Details
- Title: Coffee Carrier
- 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: w113 x h211cm without frame
- Provenance: João Candido Portinari
- Rights: João Candido Portinari
- External Link: Projeto Portinari
- Theme: social:working scenes:carrying coffee, social:workers:carrier, human figure:man
- Technique: charcoal
- Signature: Unsigned and undated
- Painter: Candido Portinari
- Number: FCO 2839
- Function: Fragment of the cartoon Coffee [FCO 5340]. When first examined, in 1981, the support had a recess on the left side, two thirds from the bottom. In 2000, conservator Ivan Coelho de Sá restored it and lightened the paper, which lost its kraft paper coloring.
- Catalogue Raisonné: CR-843
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