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Composition in roses, blue, gray, ochre and black tones. Smooth texture. It depicts coffee processing. In the foreground, on the left, woman sitting on the floor in profile to the right, her right arm resting on her lap, legs stretched out and spread, using cloth over head covering her hair and a long sleeve dress; on the right man standing facing forward, with folded arms, his hands holding the ends of a coffee bag that he is head-carrying, his legs are apart, his right leg more visible than the his left, suggesting he is walking, he wears a half sleeve shirt and pants. In the background, on the left, nine bags of coffee stacked; in the center a mound of coffee beans; on the right, three more bags of coffee stacked. On the third level, on the left, a foreman profile figure turned to the right, with his right arm stretched forward, he is wearing long boots; and there is the suggestion of two men working.

Details

  • Title: Coffee
  • 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 coffee, social:workers:foreman, social:workers:carrier, social:workers:female settler, social:workers:farm hand, human figure:group:men, human figure:woman
  • Technique: oil
  • Signature: Unsigned and undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 1003
  • Function: Small-scale color sketch for the mural painting “Coffee” [FCO 1755]
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-897

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