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Indian Man with Bird
Candido Portinari1941
Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Composition in black and white. Contour lines. Native with whole body poultry in hand, occupying almost the entire area of the composition. The figure is naked, floor, front, with the head tilted to the right and with legs apart. His on the right arm is stretched to the right holding in his hand a bird that looks like a parrot.
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Details
- Title: Indian Man with Bird
- 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: w15.4 x h21.3cm without frame
- Provenance: João Candido Portinari
- Rights: João Candido Portinari
- External Link: Projeto Portinari
- Theme: Nature:Animals:bird, social:ethnic groups:Indian, human figure:man
- Technique: India ink pen , India ink wash
- Signature: Unsigned and undated
- Painter: Candido Portinari
- Number: FCO 732
- Inscription: On reverse, authentication and inscriptions by Maria Portinari "DN 651(7)” and "Nº 962”.
- Function: Illustration for the book Descrição verdadeira de um país..., by Hans Staden, which was never published
- Catalogue Raisonné: CR-1530
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