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General Info
Title
Indian Women
Description
Composition in black and white. Contour lines, touches of watery and scraped. It depicts Indian working in large pots. In the foreground on the left, two Indian stirring in one of the pots. In the center, India facing another pan. On the right, suggesting that part of the palisade fence that surrounds the taba and a low coconut. In the background, behind and on the right of the center of India, Profile India on the right with child on her lap. On the right two bodies stretched on the ground as if they were dead. On the third level, from the left to the right, a river with three canoes; figure with raised on the left arm and a body lying on the ground close to having another crouching figure staring at him; another pot over a campfire with two indigenous working on it. Watery touches in some areas of the composition.
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
About
Themes
Function
Artwork Function
IllustrationArtworkFunctionType
Artwork Function Description
Illustration for the book Descrição verdadeira de um país..., by Hans Staden, which was never published
Support and Technique
Art Form
DrawingArtFormType
Art Medium
India ink penArtMediumType
India ink washArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
paperArtworkSurfaceType
Authenticity
Certificate
206
DN Number
652.8
Collection
Collection
Previous Collection
Dimensions
Height (cm)
18.2
Width (cm)
23.4
Signature and annotation
Annotation
Unsigned and undated
Annotation Family
On reverse, authentication and inscriptions by Maria Portinari "DN 652(8)” and "Nº 155”.
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