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Missa fúnebre no barco

Enéias Tavares dos Santos, Missa fúnebre no barco, 2017, Woodcut

Location: Level 2, South Hallway Gallery

A black and white woodblock print of a solemn ceremony on a sailboat, with robed and hatted figures gathered around a mast, one appearing to lie prostrate on the deck.
Photo by Photographer: Stephen Phung

This selection of woodcut illustrations by Brazilian cordel artist Enéias Tavares dos Santos (b. 1931) is part of the album Xilogragura Enéias Tavares dos Santos (Maceió, Alagoas: Museu Théo Brandão, 2017). They were acquired by the Harold B. Lee Library in 2017.