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General Info
Title
Cotton
Description
Composition in black tones, ochre, gray, green and white. Lines defining contours, color shading setting volume and quick strokes. It depicts harvest and cotton bagging. In the foreground, from the left to the right: four large bags stacked; woman bent forward over cotton foot, with the face covered by broad-brimmed hat, wearing long sleeve dress and girl facing guarding cotton flake inside large bag that brings in tow. In the background, from the left to the right: man bent profile to the right, bent figure front and profile man bent to the left. Everyone is bagging cotton. Basically, piles of bags between tree trunks and vegetation tufts.
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
About
Themes
Function
Artwork Function
Small-scale color sketchArtworkFunctionType
Artwork Function Description
Small-scale color sketch for the mural painting Cotton [FCO 1753]
Support and Technique
Art Form
DrawingArtFormType
Art Medium
gouacheArtMediumType
lead pencilArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
paperArtworkSurfaceType
Authenticity
Certificate
918
Notes Certificate
Portinari Project Certificate of Authenticity no. 918.
Dimensions
Height
42
Width
42
Dimension Notes
precisão: aproximadas
Signature and annotation
Annotation
Signed at bottom right "Portinari". Undated
Annotation Family
On reverse, artist’s notes for mural painting "Rubber” [FCO 1758].
