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Gold Mine

Candido Portinari1941

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black and white. Contour lines. It depicts men working in mining in a river. In the foreground, on the right, man leaning to the left, holding panning with two hands. It wears straw hat and pants rolled up and is in the river water at the time of the shins. To the bottom three figures identical to that repeat themselves. In front of the first man on the left in the foreground, one shovel stuck in the river. Ago, a worker from the front, leaning, holding the panning with the on the left hand and moving the content to the right. He's no hat and wears a shirt with dark dots, unlike other workers. More to the center, a man with the body submerged to the waist, looking forward, with bent on the right hand in front of the body. Deeper, suggesting two men as the most submerged body in the river. On the left bank of the river with vegetation.

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  • Title: Gold Mine
  • 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: 1941
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w14.5 x h15cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: social:working scenes:prospecting for gold, social:workers:prospector, human figure:group:men
  • Technique: India ink brush
  • Signature: Signed at bottom right edge "Portinari". Undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 5583
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-1567
Projeto Portinari

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