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Winnowing Coffee

Candido Portinari1956

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in ochre, green tones, earthy, orange, blue, gray and white. Smooth texture with visible brush strokes. Woman half-bust sifting coffee, occupying the full area of ​​support. The figure is to the left of the train in front, with the head turned upward, facial features just indicated, arms raised, holding with both hands a sieve with coffee beans inside. Between the screen and the head of the woman, a stack bags represented in ochre, with parallel strokes marked. Woman is cut off at the bust by the bottom edge of the holder and an indication of your clothing is given by vertical strokes interspersed apparent in orange and ochre. The on the right half of the composition is represented by an area green with marked strokes in different directions.

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  • Title: Winnowing Coffee
  • 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: 1956
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w13.4 x h13cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: social:working scenes:cultivating coffee, social:workers:female settler, human figure:woman
  • Technique: oil
  • Signature: Signed in bottom right corner "PORTINARI". Undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 2435
  • Notes: Support appears to have been cut from a larger piece.
  • Inscription: On reverse, inscriptions "[illegible]”, "PORTINARI” and "10 x 10”. On stretcher, inscription "JENNER AUGUSTO OF”.
  • Function: Small-scale color sketch for the panel “Coffee Harvest” [FCO 3020]
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-4084
Projeto Portinari

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