UntitledChico da Silva · 1969 · Gouache on paper mounted on hardboard
Untitled, Chico da Silva, 1969

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Untitled

Artist
Chico da Silva
Year
1969
Technique
Gouache on paper mounted on hardboard
Support
Paper mounted on hardboard
Dimensions
29 x 58 cm
Collection
João Cunha Collection
Signature
FDSILVA, lower center (reversed D and S)
Photo
Eric Keki
Inventory no.
JCC-034

Description for blind and low-vision visitors

Across a wide pale ground covered in swirling red, blue, pink and yellow strokes, two fantastic four-legged beasts confront each other. Each has a large circular eye and an open mouth bristling with sharp white teeth, and bodies thickly speckled with multicoloured dots and threadlike markings over dark blue-black. The smaller creature at left faces the larger, clawed one at right. The naïve style packs the figures with dense ornamental detail; a signature and the year sit at lower centre.