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Title
Cocoa
Description
Composition in earthy, white, green, gray tones. Rough texture. It depicts a forest with three men sitting around a pile of cocoa beans, along with a child, a woman and another man. In the foreground, on the left, a man facing back is squatting slightly off to the right, he Wears a long sleeve shirt and pants; his elbow on his right knee. To his left, there is a child standing, turned 3/4 to the right. In the background, in the center, a dark area suggests a pile of cocoa beans; on the right a man sitting on a rock, in profile to the left, he wears a long sleeve shirt and pants; his left arm resting on his left leg and his right arm folded, suggesting that his elbow rests on his right knee. On the third level, to the right of center, another man sitting on a stone, 3/4 facing the left and his head bowed; arms stretched resting over his knees and he wears a long sleeve shirt and pants. In the background, on the left, a facing forward woman head-carries a burden and Wears her right hand to hold it; there is also part of tree trunks; on the right, a man stands facing forward.
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Author
Candido PortinariPerson
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Artwork Function
Small-scale color sketchArtworkFunctionType
Artwork Function Description
Small-scale color sketch for the mural painting Cocoa [FCO 1756]
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Collection
Collection
Dimensions
Height
41
Width
41
Dimension Notes
precisão: aproximadas
Signature and annotation
Annotation
Unsigned and undated
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