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“Nonna” Packing Mangoes

Candido Portinari1956

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black and white. Defining boundary lines and shading setting volume. It depicts woman and children in a mango grove. In the foreground, on the right of center, woman sitting in front, leaning on a crate that is in front. To his on the right, child knees, back, 3/4 toward the on the right with his arm stretched delivering a fruit the woman who is packing the crate. In the background, on the right, bottom four children from a hose and climbing up the tree. Background with large hoses and climbing up the tree. Background with large hoses fronds. To the left of the composition, road making a slight curve to the left, where you see stacked crates.

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  • Title: “Nonna” Packing Mangoes
  • 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: Brodowski, São Paulo, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w51 x h36.4cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: social:working scenes:packing mangos, portrait:the artist's family:grandmother, human figure:group:children, human figure:woman
  • Technique: lead pencil
  • Signature: Stamped signature in bottom left corner "Portinari*". Undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 435
  • Inscription: On reverse, authentication and inscriptions by Maria Portinari "DN 616” and "Nº 786”.
  • Function: The figure seated in the center of the composition is Maria Sandri Torquato, the artist's maternal grandmother
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-3843
Projeto Portinari

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