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Sugar Cane Plantation

Candido Portinari1938

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in tones earthy, ochre, gray, green, blue, black, yellow and red. Colored areas, shaded and parallel lines. It depicts men working in a sugarcane plantation. In the foreground, on the left, profile on the right man with the upper body leaning forward carrying on his back a bundle of cane tied by ropes. It has dark skin, using light clothing and are barefoot seeing the on the right foot earlier than the on the left. In the background, on the right, two men, side by side, also in profile to the right, cutting the feet of cane a reed that is the on the right of the composition. The figure is more forward, secure in his on the right hand a machete vertically; wears rose shirt, blue or gray pants below the knees and is barefoot. The figure beside him wearing a hat and green clothes. Between the two figures is seen a head. On the third level, on the left, man standing in front, covered by part of the foreground figure, also with the upper body leaning forward, carrying a bundle of sugar cane in the back; It wears wide-brimmed hat that covers the head position his face. In the background, one sees the face of the cane field with green leaves and two figures also cutting cane. On the floor in the foreground and background, cane beams scattered. The figures of these two plans are barefoot and all figures have dark skin.

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  • Title: Sugar Cane Plantation
  • 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: w37.4 x h40cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: social:working scenes:sugar cane, social:workers:farm hand, human figure:group:men
  • Technique: lead pencil , pastel
  • Signature: Signed in middle of bottom half "Portinari". Undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 2909
  • Function: Small-scale color sketch for the mural painting “Sugar Cane” [FCO 1749]
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-858
Projeto Portinari

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