FCO-5336 - Gold Mine [Cartoon] | Artwork

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Title

Gold Mine

Description

Composition in black and brown. Contour lines and shading. It depicts eight men panning in a river. Workers have robust build, wear brimmed hats except for the man on the left. The river takes up the entire height of the support, wide at the front and tapering to the right and to the bottom, looking up the river with high earthy, which begins in the third on the left flat and follows perspective to the bottom. In the foreground to the left, shovel stuck in a mound of earthy and on the right, man leaning profile to the left, with his legs dipped into the water up to his shins, with the on the left leg further on the right and holding panning with two hands. To the left, a little further back, inclined front man holding in his on the right hand and panning picking up gravel with his on the right hand, his legs dipped in water. In the background, in the center, front man with his on the right arm flexed with the palm up, looking content within it; has represented facial features and wears short-sleeved shirt. At his side, prospector in the same position of the first employee and another further back in the same position, with the three aligned, making the prospect facing the background. In the middle of the river in the background, two workers holding bateias, appearing to be immersed in water up to his waist and another miner on the right bank of the river, also dipped in water up to his waist. On the left strip of earthy, plant clumps.

Location Created

BrazilRio de JaneiroRio de JaneiroPlace

Author

Candido PortinariPerson

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socialworking scenesprospecting for goldSubject

socialworkersprospectorSubject

Human FiguregroupmenSubject