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Composition in ochre, green tones, gray, rose and earthy. Smooth texture, marked strokes. Composition representing coffee culture It depicts with two men and a woman working next to a coffee plantation. To the left of the composition, four bags of coffee stack. On the rightmost man almost back, carrying a bag on his back. In the center of the composition, female figure, standing, front, fanning coffee. The figure is with fallen head back, has suggested facial features, arms raised, holding the sieve in his hands. wear checkered dress in gray tones, it is with legs wide apart and barefoot. On the right figure of a man, almost in profile to the left, his body bent forward, holding the edges of a bag of coffee. wear straw hat and gray clothes dug sleeves. Behind the figure, three stacked bags. The floor is composed of geometrical areas in ochre tones. Basically, coffee plantation suggestion in green tones, which employs five figures in the coffee harvest.

Details

  • 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: 1957
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w40 x h24cm 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:group:women
  • Technique: oil
  • Signature: Unsigned and undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 3400
  • Inscription: On reverse, inscription by Maria Portinari "Original de Candido Portinari Maria Victoria Portinari Maria Victoria Portinari”; stamp of notarized signature.
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-4134

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