Birds Snakes and InsectsChico da Silva by Babá · 2005 · Acrylic on canvas
Birds Snakes and Insects, Chico da Silva by Babá, 2005

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Birds Snakes and Insects

Artist
Chico da Silva by Babá
Year
2005
Technique
Acrylic on canvas
Support
Canvas
Dimensions
74 x 109 cm
Collection
João Cunha Collection
Signature
lower center
Photo
Eric Keki
Inventory no.
JCC-040

Description for blind and low-vision visitors

A horizontal painting on a golden-yellow ground patterned with faint wavy bands. On the left a large bird-creature with a blue-and-green scaled breast and a striped multicolored body perches on a brown branch that runs across the lower portion. From its body rises a long pale neck topped by a fanged crocodilian head at the upper left. To the right, a long sinuous serpent-like form with a red crested head winds across the center and curls into a large rounded shape filled with feathery red, blue and green markings in the upper right. Smaller crested bird-heads and a flying creature appear in the upper center and upper right. A green pine-like sprig grows from the branch at center, and small red blossoms dot the branch and lower corners. The lower edge carries bands of orange, brown and yellow stripes.

Provenance

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