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Indian Settlement and Canoes

Candido Portinari1959

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black, white and red tones. Straight, firm and parallel lines. Indian Village occupying the entire area of ​​the composition. In the foreground, eight canoes side by side horizontally, diagonally placed from the left to the right and from front to rear, occupying the entire width of the composition. Secondly it also cuts the entire width of the composition, a kind of fence and various draft moving pictures. In the third level, Taba with four large hollow in the background, forest suggestion. Lines crossing the composition looking up at intersections red dots.

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  • Title: Indian Settlement and Canoes
  • 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: 1959
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w30 x h16cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: social:ethnic groups:Indian, Nature:landscape:Indian village
  • Technique: gouache , lead pencil
  • Signature: Signed and dated at bottom right edge "Portinari 59"
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 618
  • Inscription: On reverse, authentication and inscriptions by Maria Portinari "DN 133” and "Nº 359”.
  • Function: Study for the mural painting or panel “Bandeirantes”; not executed
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-4433
Projeto Portinari

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