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Winnowing Coffe

Candido Portinari1955

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in green tones, earthy, black and white. Parallel lines, contour and smoky effects. It depicts sifting coffee woman. The figure is back holds a screen in front of the body and above the head. Hair in a bun in reddish, arms and open legs. wears sleeved dress and skirt at the time of cinnamon. On the left bag appearing to be full, the floor, and on the right, mound like coffee. Green background, suggesting planting.

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  • Title: Winnowing Coffe
  • 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: 1955
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: social:working scenes:cultivating coffee, social:workers:farm hand, human figure:woman
  • Technique: crayon, lead pencil , colored pencil, sanguine
  • Signature: Signed in middle of bottom half "Portinari". Undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 6082
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-5027
Projeto Portinari

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