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Anteater
Candido Portinari1941
Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Composition in black and white. Contour lines. Anteater, occupying the center of the area of the composition. The animal is in profile to the left, with stretched tail. On the floor near the head of anteater four sticks and bottom, center, small vegetation.
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Details
- Title: Anteater
- Creator Lifespan: 1903-12-29 - 1962-12-06
- Creator Nationality: Brazilian
- Creator Gender: Male
- Creator Death Place: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Creator Birth Place: Brodowski, São Paulo, Brazil
- Date: 1941
- Physical Dimensions: w32.7 x h17.3cm without frame
- Provenance: João Candido Portinari
- Rights: João Candido Portinari
- External Link: Projeto Portinari
- Theme: Nature:Animals:anteater
- Technique: India ink pen
- Signature: Unsigned and undated
- Painter: Candido Portinari
- Number: FCO 729
- Inscription: On reverse, authentication and inscriptions by Maria Portinari "DN 648(4)” and "Nº 960”.
- Function: Illustration for the book Descrição verdadeira de um país..., by Hans Staden, which was never published
- Catalogue Raisonné: CR-1527
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