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Winnowing Coffee

Candido Portinari1957

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in green, ochre, earthy, yellow, orange, blue, red, purple, rose and white. Rough texture. Female figure against geometrized background. Peasant representation standing 3/4 turned to the left, with knees bent and body leaning back in diagonal going from top on the right to bottom on the left. It wears wide-brimmed hat and has straight hair to her shoulders. Face in blue-green shade with orange tones and facial features just mentioned. Dress is long, long sleeve, with colorful and geometrized stamping. Feet shod boots by elastic, on the right foot moving ahead. Hands hold large sieve with wooden frame used to sift coffee beans. Background with geometrical spots in shades of green and blue and dashed in earthy tone with touches of red.

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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: 1957
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w33 x h55cm 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 and dated at bottom left edge "PORTINARI 57"
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 1821
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-4135
Projeto Portinari

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