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Title
Cocoa Harvest
Description
Composition in black and white. Dashed dense shading effects and contour lines. It depicts three characters in a cocoa plantation in perspective for background. The figures are represented with no anatomical detail and without defined facial features. In the foreground on the left, 3/4 kneeling man facing right with a machete in his hand raised on the right, as if it were cut something holding with his on the left hand resting on his knees. Beside him, on the right of center, man bent foot forward pouring cocoa fruits of a hamper holding with both hands in shipping the body. In front of these two figures suggest undergrowth. In the background, to the left, another man standing and facing pressing the head a kind of hamper holding with his on the right hand. At the bottom, cocoa plantations indicated by shadows whose trunks with fruit protrude horizontally.
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
Themes
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Artwork Function
StudyArtworkFunctionType
Artwork Function Description
Study for the painting Cocoa Harvest [FCO 1838]
Art Form
DrawingArtFormType
Art Medium
lead pencilArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
Bristol boardArtworkSurfaceType
Technique
Support affixed to cardboard.
Height
30
Width
23.2
Dimension Notes
precisão: aproximadas
Annotation
Unsigned and undated
Annotation Others
On back of frame, inscriptions "Pertence a S.M. Zanella” and "3”.
