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Mate Herb Harvest

Candido Portinari1954

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition unidentified tones. Contour lines and tangled. It depicts yerba mate harvest. To the left, a man standing in front with legs slightly bent, holding a branch of the plant upside down by the stem. He has represented facial features, clothes sleeves and pants. In the center, a crate on the right diagonal to the left. To the right, another farmer from the front, with the body bent, bending to pick up twigs lying on the ground, hiding his face. In the center, in the background, man walking on his back with bulky bundle of yerba mate. On your on the left, another beam of the plant. Background with tangled lines, highlighting three tree trunks.

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  • Title: Mate Herb 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: 1954
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w43 x h32cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: social:working scenes:cultivating mate, social:workers:peasant, human figure:group:men
  • Technique: medium unidentified
  • Signature: Signed and dated in bottom left corner "Portinari 954"
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 4275
  • Function: Illustration for the July page of Panair do Brasil's 1955 calendar.
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-3286
Projeto Portinari

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