O Indio e a Suassuaparà

1951

Victor Brecheret

This sculpture is one of the few works by Victor Brecheret that are almost abstract. The artwork dates from his final period, in which he explored Brazil’s precolonial past. If you look closely, you can see drawings carved on the surface: a deer, a fish, and a snake. These drawings refer to ancient Brazilian culture.

Details

Plan number: V16
Zone: Entanglement
Title: O Indio e a Suassuaparà (The Original American and the White-tailed Deer)
Creator: Victor Brecheret
Date: 1951
Material: bronze
Acquisition: donation by Museu de Arte Moderna de Sao Paulo, 1959
Object number: MID.B.155

Translated into English, the title means “The Original American and the White-tailed Deer.” The sculpture depicts a human figure fused with an animal figure: one biomorphic being, with no distinction between human and animal.

In 1904, 10-year-old Vittorio Breheret moved from Italy to Brazil, where he adopted the name Victor Brecheret. His sculptures combine techniques from European modernism with references to Brazil. These references are mainly visible in the physical features of his human figures and in visual motifs borrowed from Brazilian folk art. His subjects range from the everyday to figures from the Bible or classical mythology.

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