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Title
Coffee
Description
Composition in tones earthy, yellow, green, blue and ochre. Smooth texture. Open coffee bag, against lanscape with hill in the background. In the foreground, a little on the left of center, open bag of coffee and tilted, as if being poured, with some grains falling on the right. In the background, two side elevations, from the center to the left and on the right edges of the support, with small strokes on earthy, suggesting coffee plantation. At the base of the on the left elevation, suggesting small shrubs in perspective and on the basis of the on the right lift six other shrubs side by side. In third plane, the center earthy die depicted in top and ochre with dots earthy on the bottom. Ground floor range in the foreground and yellow to the highs. Blue sky represented by horizontal strokes.
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
Themes
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Artwork Function
IllustrationArtworkFunctionType
Artwork Function Description
Illustration, not used, for poster.
Art Form
PaintingArtFormType
Art Medium
oilArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
canvasArtworkSurfaceType
Height
18
Width
15
Annotation
Signed at bottom right edge "Portinari". Undated
Annotation Others
On paper affixed to stretcher, inscription "Candido Portinari – Café óleo, 18 x 14 cms. 1940 Col. particular”; label from Artefact framing house.
