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Allegory of Coffee and Bananas
Painting on the ceiling of the National Theater; was once featured on the 5 Colon bill. Painted by a Spanish artist who had never been to Costa Rica, the scene contains many "mistakes" such as women picking coffee in short sleeves (right), a man (center) holding a bunch of bananas 1. upside-down and 2. as if it doesn't weigh 80 pounds, which it would in reality, and (left) they are standing on the beach which is not the right climate for growing bananas and coffee.
Allegory of Coffee and Bananas
Painting on the ceiling of the National Theater; was once featured on the 5 Colon bill. Painted by a Spanish artist who had never been to Costa Rica, the scene contains many "mistakes" such as women picking coffee in short sleeves (right), a man (center) holding a bunch of bananas 1. upside-down and 2. as if it doesn't weigh 80 pounds, which it would in reality, and (left) they are standing on the beach which is not the right climate for growing bananas and coffee.