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El fantasma del Rey Hotu Matu'a vuelve a Rapa Nui sobre un pez. Triptico del Rey Hotu Matu'a. Proyecto Isla de Pascua [The Ghost of the King Hotu Matu'a Comes Back to Rapa Nui on a Fish. Triptych of the King Hotu Matu'a. Easter Island Project].

Description

Abstract:
One of three similar, highly stylized paintings featuring large, bust-like human figures reminiscent of Moai statues or primitive masks. Each artwork depicts a long-necked figure, with a solemn or crying expression, and a fish placed at the base of the neck. Pastel on paper. Note: Hotu Matuꞌa was the legendary first settler and ariki mau ("supreme chief" or "king") of Easter Island and ancestor of the Rapa Nui people.
Notes:
El fantasma del Rey Hotu Matu'a vuelve a Rapa Nui sobre un pez. Triptico del Rey Hotu Matu'a. Proyecto Isla de Pascua [The Ghost of the King Hotu Matu'a Comes Back to Rapa Nui on a Fish. Triptych of the King Hotu Matu'a. Easter Island Project]. , Fernando Birri Archive of Multimedia Arts - Pinturas, Ms.2010.050.pinturas, Brown University Library
Digital object made available by: Brown University Library, John Hay Library, University Archives and Manuscripts, Box A, Brown University, Providence, RI, 02912, U.S.A., (http://library.brown.edu/)

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Citation

Fernando Birri, "El fantasma del Rey Hotu Matu'a vuelve a Rapa Nui sobre un pez. Triptico del Rey Hotu Matu'a. Proyecto Isla de Pascua [The Ghost of the King Hotu Matu'a Comes Back to Rapa Nui on a Fish. Triptych of the King Hotu Matu'a. Easter Island Project]." (1993). A Pictorial Dragon, the Art of Fernando Birri, Fernando Birri Archive of Multimedia Arts - Pinturas, Fotos, Escritos. Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library. https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:gvs57d9g/

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  • El fantasma del Rey Hotu Matu'a vuelve a Rapa Nui sobre un pez. Triptico del Rey Hotu Matu'a. Proyecto Isla de Pascua [The Ghost of the King Hotu Matu'a Comes Back to Rapa Nui on a Fish. Triptych of the King Hotu Matu'a. Easter Island Project].
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  • El fantasma del Rey Hotu Matu'a vuelve a Rapa Nui sobre un pez. Triptico del Rey Hotu Matu'a. Proyecto Isla de Pascua [The Ghost of the King Hotu Matu'a Comes Back to Rapa Nui on a Fish. Triptych of the King Hotu Matu'a. Easter Island Project].
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    • Order: 26
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