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Coffee

Candido Portinari1938

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in red ochre, earthy, black, green, blue, yellow and ochre orange paper background. Contour lines and shading. It depicts workers bagging coffee. On the left foreground, woman sitting on the floor, turned to the right, with legs straight, hands in her lap, wearing blue headscarf, light long sleeve dress, skirt to the height of the ankles and bare feet. At the bottom, on the left, center and on the right, buttes, like coffee or stones. To the right, a little after the woman, man standing in front, carrying bag of coffee on head holding with both hands. He is with his legs apart, wears short-sleeved shirt and pants at the time of the shins. It has facial features, seeming to have flattened and twisted face. In the background, to the left, behind the settler, bags of coffee stacked to the height of the support. In the center, Black Butte, having the on the right, the other with three stacking bags of coffee. Further back on the left, a green tree trunk cut, and in the center, a brown mound with light color in the center. On the third level, four more employees; one on the left, standing back to back, with on the right arm stretched to the right, using black hat flaps, black boots and light clothing. In the center, two inclined workers, one facing the background, half covered by that is tilted to the right and that is with the head covered by another man who is ahead of you, more to the right, slightly leaning forward and using hat flaps. Behind them, suggesting some vegetation. Background in red ochre tone, as if it were ground in dirt.

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  • 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: w45 x h45cm 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:female settler, social:workers:farm hand, human figure:group:men, human figure:woman
  • Technique: lead pencil , color crayon
  • Signature: Signed at bottom right edge "Portinari". Undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 5508
  • Notes: Support affixed to hardboard.
  • Inscription: On reverse, label "MNBA – 10 anos de morte 1972”.
  • Function: Small-scale color sketch for the mural painting “Coffee” [FCO 1755]
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-895
Projeto Portinari

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