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Cotton

Candido Portinari1938

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black and white. Predominance of contour lines. Contour. Support with squares graphite that characterizes the design for expansion. Study representing cotton harvest It depicts. In the foreground, center, front woman of figure, head bowed down with cotton standing suggestion ahead. To the left, a pile of five bags; on the right child sketch forward, wearing a hat. In the background, the suggestion of several people, three of which are inclined to the front profile.

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  • Title: Cotton
  • 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: 1938
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w14 x h15cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: social:working scenes:cultivating cotton, social:workers:female settler, social:workers:farm hand, human figure:child:girl, human figure:woman
  • Technique: lead pencil , crayon
  • Signature: Unsigned and undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 121
  • Inscription: On reverse, authentication and inscriptions by Maria Portinari "DN 477” and "Nº 116”.
  • Function: Small-scale cartoon for the mural painting “Cotton” [FCO 1753]
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-836
Projeto Portinari

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