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Title
Cotton
Description
Composition in red tones, ochre, earthy, blue, white and black. Smooth texture. It depicts peasants working in the harvest and cotton bagging. In the foreground, woman standing in front, with the body leaning forward, legs apart and arms straight down, picking cotton in the foot; wears brimmed hat that covers his face, of course dress below the knees and long sleeves. Beside him, on the left, four cotton bags stacked. To the right, a little further back, girl standing in front, holding two cotton pellets in each hand, laying on bag that carries slung over his shoulder; wears brimmed hat and has no definition of facial features. Behind girl in the background, worker with the body tilted to the left, with a large bag of cotton, hung on the left shoulder; wears brimmed hat and shirt. Beside him, on the right side, stacking multiple bags and behind it, a tree trunk upon the right. To the left, leaning on the right worker with bag slung over his shoulder, shirtless and wearing pants. On the third level, picture standing front part concealed by the first figure with the inclined head, suggesting bag hold down the on the left arm; wears brimmed hat and blue shirt sleeves. At the bottom, on the right of center, suggested figure standing in front, holding bag of coffee in front of him and wearing blue long sleeve shirt. Small red spot on the floor on the right, and blue along the on the right bank. In the background, on the left bags of stacking, brown trunk upon the right and wall with window on the right.
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
Themes
Artwork Function
Small-scale color sketchArtworkFunctionType
Artwork Function Description
Small-scale color sketch for the mural painting Cotton [FCO 1753]
Art Form
PaintingArtFormType
Art Medium
gouacheArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
cardboardArtworkSurfaceType
Height
40
Width
40
Annotation
Signed at bottom right edge "Portinari". Undated
