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DiaporamaVista Alegre Passenger Pigeons
Contemporary Realism
1970
42.0 x 36.0 cm
University of Pretoria Museums
armando pimentel de abreu (1933 – 2014)
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University of Pretoria Museums (Tshwane, South Africa)
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This hand painted bisque sculpture of a pair of passenger pigeons painted by the Portuguese artist, Armando Pimentel (b.1930) of the Vista Alegre factory. The mating pair of birds are resting on a flowering branch, with the more colourfully-plumed male pigeon positioned above the female. Pimento
About this artwork
- Title: Vista Alegre Passenger Pigeons
- Artist: armando pimentel de abreu
- Year: 1970
- Original dimensions: 42.0 x 36.0 cm
- Format: Portrait
- Copyright status: Under copyright
- Where to see it: University of Pretoria Museums
- Creative period: Mature Period
- Corpus context: portuguese ceramics tradition , loss of wildlife
- Main color: White
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