FCO-2995 - Women Carrying Wood | Artwork

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Title

Women Carrying Wood

Description

Composition in light shades of green, yellow, white and gray and red tones, earthy, rose and black. Smooth texture, marked strokes. Composition representing women It depicts carrying firewood on flat terrain represented by geometrical areas in green and yellow tones and background, pasture with cattle. In the foreground, center, three women standing in front, forming slight diagonal from the left to the right, front to the back. All are on the head and a cloth bundle of wood on it. They have thin face, long necks and wear light-colored clothes, with kind of aprons represented by geometrical spots in several color shades, have legs apart and barefoot. The on the left is on the right arm raised holding the wood beam on the head and on the left along the body. The other two hold the beam to the left arm flexed and have the on the right along the body. The women arms are very long, large hands expressively. Still in the foreground, on the left, female figure, almost in profile to the left, you have the body bent forward and arms drooping down and seems to collect something on the floor. wear light clothing with geometrical spots, you have the head represented by spots in orange tones and rose, oversized arms and hands, legs spread and bare feet. In the background, on the right, woman figure almost crouching back, as if picking a floor beam. Wears light clothing, has a cloth over her head, legs spread and bare feet. The floor is represented by regular geometrical areas in green and yellow-orange tones, looking to the right two mounds. In the background track on darker green where it turns out, the center and on the left, five oxen just outlined.

Location Created

BrazilRio de JaneiroRio de JaneiroPlace

Author

Candido PortinariPerson

Themes

socialworking scenesSubject

socialworkersfemale settlerSubject

natureanimalsoxSubject

Human FiguregroupwomenSubject

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