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Indian Men Shooting
Candido Portinari1941
Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Composition in black and white. Contour lines and watercolor touches. View of a taba with four hollow, surrounded by a palisade, being attacked by several indigenous holding bows and arrows. In the foreground, river bank with two canoes anchored on the left. Watery touches in various areas of the composition.
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Details
- Title: Indian Men Shooting
- 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: w30.8 x h24.2cm 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 740
- Inscription: On reverse, lines possibly by the artist; authentication and inscriptions by Maria Portinari "DN 660(16)” and "Nº 953”.
- Function: Illustration for the book Descrição verdadeira de um país..., by Hans Staden, which was never published
- Catalogue Raisonné: CR-1538
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