Fantastic AnimalsChico da Silva · 1978 · Acrylic on canvas
Fantastic Animals, Chico da Silva, 1978

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Fantastic Animals

Artist
Chico da Silva
Year
1978
Technique
Acrylic on canvas
Support
Canvas
Dimensions
42 x 60 cm
Collection
João Cunha Collection
Signature
FDSILVA, lower left (reversed D and S)
Photo
Eric Keki
Inventory no.
JCC-028
Article
The Final Years

Description for blind and low-vision visitors

A horizontal composition on a mottled blue background. A large fantastic insect stretches across the canvas with its head at the left, lunging toward a smaller insect at the far left as if attacking it. It has a pink hooked snout, a large green-rimmed eye, two curling antennae and a fan of orange feather-shaped wings. Its segmented body is a patchwork of green, brown, grey and red patches covered in fine dotted texture, and many slender legs dangle below. A small spiky tuft and feather float near its open mouth, and the date and signature are inscribed at the lower left.

Provenance

  1. The artist, Fortaleza, 1978
  2. Alceu Vieira Coutinho, private collection, Ceará
  3. Coleção Raimundo de Lavor Júnior, private collection
  4. Crivo Galeria de Arte, auction, São Paulo, 2025