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Title
Coffee
Description
Composition in tones earthy, ochre, green, white, blue and red. Smooth texture. It depicts men working with coffee, with planting in the background. In the foreground, at the bottom on the right, man standing in front with his feet cut by the bottom edge of the support, having an open bag of coffee and full ahead. Wearing a hat, scarf around his neck, carries a kind of bucket in his on the left hand and has not defined facial features. To the left, a little further back, another worker, full body, as if walking toward the lower on the left corner of the holder, with a coffee bag on his shoulders. Has pants rolled up to the height of the shins and also is not defined facial features. Cutting the bottom on the left of the support, it appears a piece of white ladder. In the background, on the left bank of the holder, a stack of sacks; slightly to the right, a smaller battery and a lowered hat man facing right. In the third level, a few men working - two with stairs - a small stack of bags to the center and a piece of field prepared for planting the on the right. In the background, coffee plantation with converging rows to the horizon center, a cloud band and the other, narrower, bright blue sky.
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
Themes
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Artwork Function
StudyArtworkFunctionType
Artwork Function Description
Study for the mural painting Coffee [FCO 1755]
Art Form
PaintingArtFormType
Art Medium
gouacheArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
brown cardboardArtworkSurfaceType
Height
41.5
Width
29
Dimension Notes
precisão: aproximadas
Annotation
Signed at bottom right "Portinari". Undated
Annotation Exhibition
On reverse, label "Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo – Parque Ibirapuera CP 22031 – S. Paulo – Brasil. Título da Exposição: Portinari, Pintor Social. Autor: Portinari. Dados biográficos: Título da obra e data: Estudo p/café s/data. Técnica: guache Dimensões: 40 x 28 Propriedade: [illegible] Rio de Janeiro”.
Annotation Others
On back of frame, inscriptions "Sergio Telles 597 [illegible] ok PP 4 cm + 213 [illegible] Acab 213” and "737”.
