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Wild Boar
Candido Portinari1941
Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Composition in black and white. Contour lines and watercolor touches. Bush pig, occupying the center of the stand area. The animal is standing in profile to the right, with the prey on the right out of his mouth. Ground suggesting low vegetation sparse. Mild effects of watery.
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Details
- Title: Wild Boar
- 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 h14.6cm without frame
- Provenance: João Candido Portinari
- Rights: João Candido Portinari
- External Link: Projeto Portinari
- Theme: Nature:Animals:wild pig
- Technique: India ink pen , India ink wash
- Signature: Unsigned and undated
- Painter: Candido Portinari
- Number: FCO 741
- Inscription: On reverse, authentication and inscriptions by Maria Portinari "DN 661” and "Nº 943”.
- Function: Illustration for the book Descrição verdadeira de um país..., by Hans Staden, which was never published
- Catalogue Raisonné: CR-1539
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