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Title
Tobacco Harvest
Description
Composition in ochre, green, red, lilac, violet, yellow, orange, white, gray and black. Some contour brush strokes in black and colored forms. Smoke harvest It depicts, occupying the entire area of the composition. In the foreground, on the left, woman sitting in profile to the right with your on the right leg bent, on the right arm resting on the leg and hand on her knee. He has short hair, wears blue sleeveless dress with a rounded neckline. To his on the right, on the floor to see if full of fruit and round container in front of the lower on the right corner of the holder, the leaves of tobacco. In the background, in the center of the composition, two workers harvesting tobacco: one front and the other on his back, legs apart, bent forward with arms outstretched. The first, later on, using long sleeve shirt yellow and purple trousers; little deeper, to the left, the other worker wears white clothes. Both wear wide-brimmed hats and are bare. On the right man standing in front with his arms in the air holding a gourd, his head back as if drinking water. It's with nude torso and wears pants rolled up to the middle of the legs. In the third level, two women standing in similar positions, holding his on the right arm something on the head: on the left wears blouse and red skirt and the on the right, violet dress. At the bottom on the left is seen part of a house and on the right planting suggestion. The figures have not represented facial features.
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
Themes
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Artwork Function
Small-scale color sketchArtworkFunctionType
Artwork Function Description
Small-scale color sketch for the mural painting Tobacco [FCO 1752]
Art Form
PaintingArtFormType
Art Medium
temperaArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
brown paperArtworkSurfaceType
Technique
Support affixed to wood.
Certificate
37
Height
45
Width
44.5
Annotation
Signed at bottom right "Portinari" and at bottom right edge "Portinari". Undated
