Birds Fish and SnakeChico da Silva by Babá · 2005 · Acrylic on canvas
Birds Fish and Snake, Chico da Silva by Babá, 2005

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Birds Fish and Snake

Artist
Chico da Silva by Babá
Year
2005
Technique
Acrylic on canvas
Support
Canvas
Dimensions
75 x 100 cm
Collection
João Cunha Collection
Signature
lower left
Photo
Eric Keki
Inventory no.
JCC-048

Description for blind and low-vision visitors

A horizontal painting with two large wading birds facing inward across a central pale-blue pool filled with swimming fish. The bird on the left has a patterned body of red dotted with circles and a blue-and-orange speckled wing, its long neck curving up to a small head at the top. The bird on the right is rounded with concentric pink and red banded markings, its neck rising to a crested head. A long orange and red serpent loops across the upper center between the two birds' heads, and another red-spotted serpent descends at the right edge. In the center a cluster of small orange and blue fish swim among reeds. Green feathery foliage rises along both lower corners, and the upper background is bright yellow shading to a paler pool below.

Provenance

  1. The artist, Fortaleza, 2005
  2. Instituto Cultural Oboé, Fortaleza
  3. Leilão Montenegro, auction, 2025