Composition in black and white. Predominance of straight lines and geometric areas in chiaroscuro. It depicts pioneers in a forest. In the foreground, on the left of center, two men back, side by side; on the right of center, tree trunk cutting vertically composition; on the right corner, figure bending forward. In the background, on the left, man standing in front as well as the figure of the center and on the right, three men lined up, in profile to the left, carrying on their heads a canoe. In the background, suggesting geometrism forest.