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Cocoa Harvest

Candido Portinari1948

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in ochre, earthy, black, white, blue and gray. Smooth texture. It depicts peasants working on the cocoa harvest. On the left, 3/4 man facing right, kneeling on the floor with your on the right leg and on the left leg bent, holding cocoa with his on the left hand and knife in his on the right hand in an attitude of cutting the fruit. In front of cocoa mound. Standing in the center, slightly man facing left, holding under his on the left arm, basket full of cocoa, which is pouring mound in front of her. In the background, the center, a third farmer, profile to the right, with the upper body leaning forward, holding a large hamper that is on the floor. Two more figures suggested next to this man. Geometrized background.

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  • Title: Cocoa Harvest
  • 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: 1948
  • Physical Dimensions: w46 x h38cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: social:working scenes:cultivating cocoa, social:workers:peasant, human figure:group:men
  • Technique: oil
  • Signature: Signed and dated at bottom right "PORTINARI 948"
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 5084
  • Function: Illustration for the Silva Araújo-Roussel Laboratories pamphlet about the drug Collubiazol.
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-2674
Projeto Portinari

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