José de Almada Negreiros

Title unknown
1921 (attributed date)

Gallery


Object details

Author(s)
José de Almada Negreiros (Cidade da Trindade, São Tomé e Príncipe, 1893 – Lisbon, Portugal, 1970)
Title
Title unknown
Date
1921
Materials and media
Paper; Indian ink
Technique
Indian ink on paper
Dimensions
Height 30,70 cm; Width 21,50 cm
Inventory no.
DP158

Inscriptions

Type
Dedication
Description
Ao agostinho Fernandes (ilegível)
Position
Lower right corner
Type
Signature
Description
almada
Position
Lower right corner
Type
Date
Description
Lxa 1920
Position
Lower right corner

Incorporation

Type
Purchased
Provenance
Jorge de Brito
Date
July 1983

Text

On April 7, 1921, the journalist Joaquim Manso (1878-1956) founded the daily Diário de Lisboa, which would become the main vehicle of modernist ideas and authors in the Portuguese periodical press of the 1920s. Almada Negreiros’ extensive and lasting collaboration started in the first number. This representation of an American sailor is one of a series of four drawings published in the Diário de Lisboa on July 23, 1921. These drawings all have an original signature, in which the stem of the ‘d’ in Almada extends into an American flag, and share a common subject: the Portuguese-American relationships and, particularly, the increasing presence of American sailors in Lisbon. The present drawing and two others illustrated an article by Sarmento Duque whose main subjects may elucidate the imaginary associated with this theme: ‘On the eve of departure. American sailors. Lightweight concepts on heavy people. The sailors and the winery crisis. American-style love. Lili’s opinion.’ The fourth drawing was published with the caption ‘The Americans’.

 

SAF

May 2010

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