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General Info
Title
The Dead Indian
Description
Composition in gray, blue, earthy, ochre, white, rose and yellow. Texture unidentified. It depicts dead indigenous, placed in the network, to be transported. In the center of the composition, two indigenous lying on the ground, side by side, the on the left with the head to the bottom and the on the right to head forward. The Indian on the left, the facial features to see the soles of the feet and thong sentences using. Indian's on the right, you do not see defining the upper body, and at the bottom, is dressed in blue pants, hitting the shins. Holding the network at the ends, as if stretching her beneath the bodies of the dead, men inclined to the left and on the right. The on the left man is in profile to the right and wears blue pants. The on the right is almost opposite, slightly turned to the left and is more in the background of the composition. Ground with lighter geometric areas in the region where men are. On the front and bottom, darker geometric areas.
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
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Function
Artwork Function
IllustrationArtworkFunctionType
Artwork Function Description
Illustration no. 10 for the book A selva, by Ferreira de Castro
Support and Technique
Dimensions
Height (cm)
18
Width (cm)
17
Signature and annotation
Annotation
Signed and dated in bottom right corner "PORTINARI 55"
Annotation Others
On cardboard, stamp from the Ministério da Educação e Cultura; inscription "[illegible]lováquia”.
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