CockfightChico da Silva · 1983 · Acrylic on canvas
Cockfight, Chico da Silva, 1983

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Cockfight

Artist
Chico da Silva
Year
1983
Technique
Acrylic on canvas
Support
Canvas
Dimensions
50 x 70 cm
Collection
João Cunha Collection
Signature
FDSILVA, lower center (reversed D and S)
Photo
Eric Keki
Inventory no.
JCC-030
Article
The Final Years

Description for blind and low-vision visitors

Two large stylised birds resembling roosters face each other against a deep black background, divided by a thin green stalk rising between them. Each has a tall spiky crest in orange and blue, a big round outlined eye, and a body filled with dense fine hatched lines in purple, red, brown, teal and white. Broad leaf- and feather-shaped forms fan out from their sides in red, orange and green, with curling plumes sweeping along the lower edge. The dense linework and flat black field are typical of the naïve folk style, with a painted signature at the lower center.

Provenance

  1. The artist, Fortaleza, 1983
  2. Private collection