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Winnowing Coffee

Candido Portinari1957

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in gray tones, ochre, green, white, rose, blue and black. Rough texture. Woman standing in front, in the center of the composition, sifting coffee. She is holding with both hands and in front of the body, which has sieve coffee beans. Is with the head turned upward, defined facial features, wide neck, you have feet and is desformes with legs apart. wear white blouse and gray skirt. Behind the settler, dense planting, which occupies the entire bottom floor and ochre.

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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: w44 x h59cm 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 in bottom right corner "PORTINARI 57"
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 5649
  • Inscription: On back of frame, stamp "Gare de Bercy Douane de Paris”; stamp from Ministério da Educação [faded].
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-4130
Projeto Portinari

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