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Title
Coffee Harvest
Description
Composition in ochre, gray, green, rose, orange, earthy, white and black. Smooth, thick, wide and marked brushstrokes. Composition representing coffee harvest It depicts, seeing-three people picking coffee. In the center, man with ladder; on the right woman sifting coffee and background, stacked bags. To the left of the composition, three figures harvesting coffee. The on the left figure is a woman, is 3/4 toward the on the right, has the hair tied in tail at the nape, suggested facial features; He is with his arms raised and fists as if they were full of coffee beans. Wear long sleeve dress in ochre tones with gray checkerboard. The figure of the center back is turned and you could only see her straw wide-brimmed hat and his arms raised, and hands, represented in gray tones, are closed as if they catch him coffee. wears shirt in ochre tones. On the right back almost clear and the woman has long hair and standing with arms and hands in the same previous position. wear checkered dress in orange and gray tones. In the background, plantation representation suggested by small overlapping geometrical areas in shades of green. To the left of center of the composition, man half-length, standing, facing, fallen head back as if looking up. It has round eyes, big nose, which sees the nostrils due to the head position; closed lips and areas of the neck and chin marked by darker than the face tones. The figure is with bent arms and secure a two-sided staircase tones earthy on the right diagonal to the left, from the front to the back. The figure wears kind of shirt long sleeve gray-green tones. In the background, behind his head band in bright green tone. To the right of the composition, female figure bust, which you see his head and his arms raised, holding coearthyer full of coffee beans. The figure is with fallen head back, looking up toward the screen; has suggested eyes, nostrils exposed due to head position, closed lips and dark hair tied on the right side of the head. The figure wears striped dress in ochre and orange. Behind this figure, stack bags and on the right vertical band in gray tones.
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
Themes
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Artwork Function
Executed toArtworkFunctionType
Artwork Function Description
Work executed to decorate the headquarters of the Banco São Caetano, São Paulo, SP.
Art Form
PanelArtFormType
Art Medium
oilArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
woodArtworkSurfaceType
Certificate
355
Previous Collection
Banco São Caetano adquirida do artista sob encomenda feita por Celso Wladimir Marquesan, em 1956Collection
Height
125
Width
406
Annotation
Signed and dated at bottom right "PORTINARI 956"
