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Title
Tobacco
Description
Composition in light shades of ochre, white, green and earthy. Smooth texture. It depicts men and women doing the harvest of tobacco. In the foreground, on the left, a woman is sitting on the floor in profile to the right with bending legs, using a light color long sleeve dress; on the right, a tobacco plant is suggested. In the background, in the center, a facing forward man, wearing a broad-brimmed hat, his upper body leaning forward, holding in his hands a low tobacco plant, which is in front of him. On the third level, on the left, a man is facing back and his torso is bending , he is wearing a shirt and pants rolled up below the knees. On the right, a man is standing , facing forward, head and arms raised suggesting he is holding something in his hands. In the background, on the left, the figure of a standing woman is suggested; 3/4 to the right, in the center and on the left, an undefined area may suggest a plantation.
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
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Function
Artwork Function
Small-scale color sketchArtworkFunctionType
Artwork Function Description
Small-scale color sketch for the mural painting Tobacco [FCO 1752]
Support and Technique
Art Form
PaintingArtFormType
Art Medium
temperaArtMediumType
lead pencilArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
paperArtworkSurfaceType
Collection
Collection
Dimensions
Height (cm)
41
Width (cm)
41
Dimension Notes
precisão: aproximadas
Signature and annotation
Annotation
Unsigned and undated
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Related Document6
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