Mentioned By
3
Is Part Of
EMPTY LABEL
Title
Transportation of Coffee
Description
Composition in light shades of ochre, yellow, white and rose and blue tones, orange, violet, and black earthy. Smooth and thick texture in the region of the figures and marked brushstrokes. Composition representing coffee chargers. Geometrized areas confuse background and figures highlighting leaving heads and hands of shippers. They are arranged in sacks head in two rows side by side and perspective to the bottom, and only see half body of the first of each row and the other hand holding the bags. The line on the left have suggested six men, and the first face has indicated through geometrical areas. The arms are bent oversized and upward with hands clasped hanging on the bag you carry. On the left side of the figure, a suggested arm for transparency slightly diagonally with his hand over the bag. Behind this first charger find themselves aligned five bags being carried by figures that are not visible, of which one sees only the on the right hand grasping the ends of the bags. Two colored bands cross the line vertically, one orange and one white tone. The queue on the right to get a little more back and made up of seven chargers, seeing the body of the first to just below the waist and face with defined facial features, and holding with the on the left hand edge of a bag of coffee . Of the three subsequent boots see only hands-defined on the left and arms suggested by transparency. The figures more deeply realize only the hands and arms indicated. This is slightly on the right of the diagonal line making slight curve to the left. Green belt tilted to the right through the first five sacks.
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
Themes
Related Event
Related Document
16
Artwork Function
Executed toArtworkFunctionType
Artwork Function Description
Work executed to decorate the headquarters of the BankBoston, São Paulo, SP.
Art Form
PanelArtFormType
Art Medium
oilArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
woodArtworkSurfaceType
Technique
Support spliced vertically and horizontally.
Collection
Previous Collection
Height
229
Width
216.5
Dimension Notes
239x226.5 (S)
precisão: aproximadas
Annotation
Signed and dated at bottom right "PORTINARI 60"
