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Composition in green, gray, earthy and black tones. Color areas. It depicts four men working on yerba mate harvest in a foreSaintIn the foreground, on the left, a man is standing facing forward holding a yerba mate branch upside down. Ahead, a tree trunk cut can be seen. On the right, a foreman figure is standing, slightly turned to the left, he wears a hat and high boots. He has his arms along the body and legs spread. Slightly ahead of this figure, small tree trunks into the ground form a sort of fence, where the harvested yerba mate is being deposited. On the third level, on the left, a man is standing facing forward , his arms along the body and legs slightly apart, wearing rolled up pants below the knees. In the background, a forest is suggested forest, part of the tree trunks that are arranged symmetrically can be seen; in the center, the figure of a man facing back leaning, close to a number of small plants tufts which are also arranged symmetrically from the front to the back.

Details

  • Title: Mate Herb
  • 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: w40 x h40cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: social:working scenes:cultivating mate, social:workers:foreman, social:workers:farm hand, human figure:group:men
  • Technique: crayon, pastel
  • Signature: Unsigned and undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 1008
  • Function: Small-scale color sketch for the mural painting “Mate Herb” [FCO 1754]
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-890

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