O Cordelista na Feira

NameWoodblock print

Artist José Francisco Borges (Brazilian, born 1935)

Date2006

Place madeBezerros, Pernambuco, Brazil, South America

MediumPaper, ink

DimensionsPaper Size: 26 × 18 7/8 in. (66 × 48 cm)

Credit LineGift of Tesoros Trading Company

Terms

Bezerros

Object numberA.2013.32.1

DescriptionBlack on white print, self titled "O CORDELISTA NA FEIRA' at bottom depicts a scene with a large crowd of people gathered around a man who reads from a book into a microphone on an amplification system with a speaker and battery (labeled BATERIA). In the center back is a church, flanked by two other buildings with trees between. Signed "J. BORGES' in the print and and "J. Borges - 06" in pencil at proper bottom left of the image.