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Tobacco Harvest

Candido Portinari1948

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black and white. Rapid lines and emaranhas. It depicts men working in the tobacco fields. From the left to the right, back settler, with the head turned to the right, with the safe hat on the left hand and the on the right backpack. More to the center, man standing in front, legs apart, holds with both hands a canteen in the position of drinking water. In front, small shrub. On the right angled man with brimmed hat with black dashes represented by making several turns. In the background, on the left, boy climbing on tree trunk. Boy in front of a trunk. Vegetation spread across the floor.

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  • Title: Tobacco Harvest
  • 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: 1948
  • Physical Dimensions: w45 x h33cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: social:working scenes:tobacco, social:workers:farm hand, human figure:man, human figure:woman, diverse:recurring elements:gourd
  • Technique: lead pencil
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 4092
  • Inscription: Signed and dated in dedication at bottom edge "Para o Kantor lembrança do Portinari 948”
  • Function: Illustration for the May page of Panair do Brasil's 1955 calendar.
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-2667
Projeto Portinari

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