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Hans and Indians

Candido Portinari1941

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black and white. Contour lines and watercolor touches. It depicts indigenous in Taba. In the foreground, palisade across the entire width of the center composition having one pole stuck in the ground with skull at the tip. In the background, on the left, a hollow front; the middle five indigenous sitting on the floor in a circle having the center of the figure nude Hans Staden front. In the background on the left bank of a river with four canoes. Sky with moon represented by a man and several scattered stars. Watery touches throughout the area of ​​the composition.

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  • Title: Hans and Indians
  • 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: w28 x h23cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: social:ethnic groups:Indian, Nature:landscape:Indian village, human figure:group:men
  • Technique: India ink pen , India ink wash
  • Signature: Unsigned and undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 727
  • Inscription: On reverse, authentication and inscriptions by Maria Portinari "DN 646(2)” and "Nº 944”.
  • Function: Illustration for the book “Descrição verdadeira de um país...,” by Hans Staden, which was never published
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-1525
Projeto Portinari

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