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Title
Coffee
Description
Composition in light shades of ochre, gray and white and black accents. Few lines, shapes and volumes represented by color. Group of workers bagging and stacking outdoor coffee bags. Group composed of nine or ten people, including a woman and eight or nine men, all dressed in white, with the skin represented in ochre and legs and bulky arms. In the foreground, on the left, settler sitting on the back floor and almost in profile to the left, with white scarf over her hair and dressed in skirt and long sleeves. His on the left shoulder appears leaning against coffee bags stacked along the on the left side margin. On the right farmer standing almost 3/4 on the left, carrying bag of coffee resting on his head and shoulders. Behind him, three sacks stacked. In the background, four men with hat in various positions, bagging coffee and stacking the bags. At the bottom, on the left and on the right, just set figures that seem to be working.
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
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Function
Artwork Function
Small-scale color sketchArtworkFunctionType
Artwork Function Description
Small-scale color sketch for the mural painting Coffee [FCO 1755]
Support and Technique
Authenticity
Certificate
795
Dimensions
Height
41.5
Width
38
Dimension Notes
precisão: aproximadas
Signature and annotation
Annotation
Signed in bottom left corner "Portinari". Undated
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