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Mate Herb

Candido Portinari1938

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black and white. Predominance of contour lines. Support with squares, the graphite, featuring the design for expansion. Study representing yerba mate harvest It depicts. In the foreground, on the left, man figure holding yerba mate branch, and in front of a severed tree trunk and a gourd; on the right figure back foreman, slightly turned to the left, wearing a hat and boots. In the background, the center, kind of down surrounded with leaves suggestion inside. On the third level, the center, two men working in a forest.

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  • Title: Mate Herb
  • 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 mate, social:workers:foreman, social:workers:farm hand, human figure:group:men
  • Technique: lead pencil
  • Signature: Stamped signature at bottom right edge "Portinari*". Undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 124
  • Inscription: On reverse, lines possibly by the artist; authentication and inscriptions by Maria Portinari "DN 475” and "Nº 118”.
  • Function: Small-scale cartoon for the mural painting “Mate Herb” [FCO 1754]
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-839
Projeto Portinari

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