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Coffee Harvest

Candido Portinari1933

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in green tones, earthy, blue, white, rose, ochre, gray and black. Smooth contour lines and areas of color. Composition representing coffee harvest It depicts with men and women working in diverse activities, with coffee plantation and two houses in the background. In the foreground on the left figure of a man, standing, facing, balancing bag over his head; wear light sleeveless blouse, green pants and red neckerchief. To his on the left, another man, also standing, front, with bag over her head, arms along the body, using costume similar to the previous one, with blue pants. In the center of the composition woman walking to the left, wearing rose skirt, white blouse and red bow around his neck. On the left, man standing in profile to the right, holding bag of coffee that is in front. wears black hat, white shirt, blue pants and have bare feet. To his on the left, four sacks stack. Further back, on the right of center, female figure, standing, front, fanning coffee, wearing white blouse and blue skirt. In the background, on the left, plantation suggested in perspective for background with group of figures working and scattered bags of coffee. On the right designing small tree shadow on the right, two houses, one in front of the other, with rose and blue doors and windows ceilings, and cue coffee plantation in the background.

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  • Title: Coffee Harvest
  • 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: 1933
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w34 x h27cm 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: watercolor
  • Signature: Unsigned and undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 3505
  • Inscription: On back of frame, label "173 Portinari Candido – 1903-1962 Colheita de Café, aquarela (com autenticação do irmão do artista no verso) (c.1935) 28 x 35”.
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-349
Projeto Portinari

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