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Coffee

Candido Portinari1934

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in ochre, earthy, green, blue, white, rose, violet and red. Smooth texture. It depicts men working on the coffee harvest, against background with plantations, horizon and sky. In the foreground to the center, a sack full of coffee, and the on the left coffee mound on the floor and a can on the right. In the background, on the left, man in front of a coffee plant. He is facing left, with arms stretched toward the bush, picking coffee, on the right leg forward and on the left back. It has suggested facial features, wearing a hat, shirt, pants at the time of the shins and is barefoot, seeing them oversized feet. On the left, stacking with four bags of coffee. To the right of center, three farmers with sacks on the head in perspective to the right and bottom. The first is from the front, on the right arm up holding the bag standing on the head and stretched on the left, on the right ahead the on the left foot. wear violet shirt and tan pants. Behind him, man facing right with bag on head holding with his on the right hand. wears red shirt and rose pants. More on the right woman standing front with bag on head, holding with both hands, and standing with legs apart. wear blue dress had taken that-fall, Long knee. Ground in earthy tone. Basically, plantations to the skyline. Sky blue tone "degrade", clearing to the skyline.

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  • Title: 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: 1934
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w49 x h43cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: social:working scenes:cultivating coffee, social:workers:female settler, social:workers:farm hand, human figure:man, human figure:woman
  • Technique: oil
  • Signature: Signed on reverse of support "Portinari". Undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 4399
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-447
Projeto Portinari

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