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Title
Mate Herb
Description
Composition in green, gray, earthy and black tones. Color areas. It depicts four men working on yerba mate harvest in a foreSaintIn the foreground, on the left, a man is standing facing forward holding a yerba mate branch upside down. Ahead, a tree trunk cut can be seen. On the right, a foreman figure is standing, slightly turned to the left, he wears a hat and high boots. He has his arms along the body and legs spread. Slightly ahead of this figure, small tree trunks into the ground form a sort of fence, where the harvested yerba mate is being deposited. On the third level, on the left, a man is standing facing forward , his arms along the body and legs slightly apart, wearing rolled up pants below the knees. In the background, a forest is suggested forest, part of the tree trunks that are arranged symmetrically can be seen; in the center, the figure of a man facing back leaning, close to a number of small plants tufts which are also arranged symmetrically from the front to the back.
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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 Mate Herb [FCO 1754]
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Collection
Collection
Dimensions
Height (cm)
40
Width (cm)
40
Dimension Notes
precisão: aproximadas
Signature and annotation
Annotation
Unsigned and undated
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Related Document8
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