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Indian Settlement with Figures and Two Skulls

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 two hollow: the on the left, horizontally and diagonally to the right. To the right, two poles planted in the ground, with skulls on the ends. In the background, on the left, three naked Indian in a row, in profile to the right. In the center, two naked Indian with arms up. On the third level, the center man sitting sketch profile to on the right with two naked Indian around him. Watery touches in various areas of the composition.

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  • Title: Indian Settlement with Figures and Two Skulls
  • 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: w20.4 x h16.8cm 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:women, human figure:man
  • Technique: India ink pen , India ink wash
  • Signature: Unsigned and undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 726
  • Inscription: On reverse, authentication and inscriptions by Maria Portinari "DN 645(1)” and "Nº 945”.
  • Function: Illustration for the book “Descrição verdadeira de um país...,” by Hans Staden, which was never published
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-1524
Projeto Portinari

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