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Cotton

Candido Portinari1938

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black and brown. Contour lines and some shaded. It depicts peasant girl standing in front, occupying almost the entire support area, seeing to his back several cotton bushes. The figure wears hat and his head bent down, wears long sleeve dress and is barefoot. The arms are slightly bent suggesting be picking cotton buttons on a foot ahead. In the foreground, on the right, is seen pita and the background, part of a tree trunk.

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  • Title: Cotton
  • 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: w27 x h53.5cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: social:working scenes:cultivating cotton, social:workers:female settler, human figure:woman
  • Technique: charcoal
  • Signature: Unsigned and undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 4804
  • Function: Fragment of the cartoon “Cotton” [FCO 5338]
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-837
Projeto Portinari

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