Museum object · Books and Published Materials
Contos dos Orixás Artbook Vol. 01
February 2019
Brazil, Latin America, South America
Source catalog description
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An artbook of Contos dos Orixás by Hugo Canuto printed in color on paper with 28 pages.The contents of the book contain the 16 art pieces of the Orishas collection, plus sketches and concepts of Tales of Orishas comic book. The title of the art book is printed in white text within a red textbox at the top of the cover, [CONTOS DOS / ORIXÁS]. To the left of the title in the same red textbox is a stamp-like emblem with a white background and underneath is a small blue textbox with black text [14 / NOV]. There is a small, vertical box to the left; it depicts three figures and at the bottom in yellow text it reads [ÉBÓRÁ / COMICS]. The front cover depicts an image of four figures, one whose back is to the viewer and three facing forward, against a white backdrop and purple ground.
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Catalog reference: 2021.45.3.1
