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Coffee

Candido Portinari1938

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black and brown. Lines defining contours and shading setting volumes. Coffee culture It depicts representation. In the foreground, on the left, settler figure sitting in profile to the right. wears scarf over her head, has facial features slightly indicated, is on the right arm in his lap, legs apart and oversized bare feet. wears short-sleeved dress with shaded folds. Along the bottom edge, mounds of representation and with the lateral margin on the left behind settler, big pile consists of nine sacks. On the right, man, standing, front, carrying bag on her head holding wings. Has slightly suggested facial features, using the rolled up shirt sleeves and pants rolled up also, it is with the earlier on the right leg than the on the left and has bare feet. Behind him, three sacks stacked. In the center of the composition, mounds, probably from coffee beans and on the left suggestion cylindrical torus. In the background, on the left, foreman figure, wearing hat, pointing to the right with an outstretched on the right arm, wears long sleeve shirt and pants inside the boots. Behind him, stacked bags. In the center, curved worker profile to the right, bagging coffee. wears shirt and pants rolled up, standing with legs apart and barefoot. Further back and to the right, three workers bent in different directions, bagging coffee. In the background two more sketched figures.

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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: w28.5 x h30cm 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
  • Signature: Unsigned and undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 3120
  • Notes: Support affixed to cardboard.
  • Function: Study for the mural painting “Coffee” [FCO 1755]
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-842
Projeto Portinari

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