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Title
Gold Mine
Description
Composition in green tones, earthy, blue, lilac, ochre and black. Smooth texture, very crackle support. Composition representing mining It depicts, four men working amid the waters of a river, with heaps of gravel, the river and suggested sky. In the foreground, on the left, lot represented in very dark earthy tones with stuck shovel. On the left, man standing in profile to the left, with his body bent down, pulling the shades of orange panning river water green tones. Wearing a hat and clothing suggested in earthy tones with blue spots. Is the most advanced on the left leg than the on the right, their feet immersed in the river; in front of mound in earthy tones. In the background, on the left, front figure with the body immersed in water. He is with his head and wearing a hat. Wear clothes in earthy tones; holds the panning against the body with the on the left hand and is turned on the right up cupped in the center of panning. On the third level, standing figure of a man in profile to the left, with the body bent down, as if panning withdraw the holding in the hands of the river. Wearing a hat, clothes in earthy tones and has immersed feet. In the background, on the left of center, half-length man standing in front, wearing a hat as if his legs immersed in water. On the right riverbank suggestion. In the background, horizontal band in earthyy colors, topped with blue band, suggesting sky.
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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 Gold Mine [FCO 1751]
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temperaArtMediumType
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Height
46
Width
38
Annotation
Signed and dated in bottom right corner "PORTINARI 1937"
