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Title
Threshing Rice
Description
Composition in black and white. Predominance of contour lines. It depicts people pounding rice. From the on the left to the center, a sort of rectangular table in a horizontal position in the composition, with a man on each side: what lies behind the table on the left is the front, with your arms back; which is ahead of the table, on the right, is back and also has his arms back, holding a bundle of rice. In the head of the table, on the right, Profile man to the left, with the upper body leaning forward, arms down, as if picking up a fallen beam on the floor. Also behind the desk and next to the first figure described, horse standing, facing, and more to the right, front man with kind of sieve hands as if placed what is inside it in a large bag to your front. On the top edge, center, head down, draft suggesting both hands are holding a bundle.
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
Themes
Related Event2
Related Document2
Artwork Function
StudyArtworkFunctionType
Artwork Function Description
Study
Art Form
DrawingArtFormType
Art Medium
lead pencilArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
paperArtworkSurfaceType
DN Number
626
Height
30
Width
43
Annotation
Unsigned and undated
Annotation Family
On reverse, lines possibly by the artist; authentication and inscriptions by Maria Portinari "DN 626” and "Nº 788”.
