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title: "Bird and Insects (2008), Chico da Silva by Claudionor, painting"
description: "Bird and Insects (2008), Chico da Silva by Claudionor. Acrylic on canvas, 70 x 100 cm. Painting in the João Cunha Collection."
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# Bird and Insects

![A single large crested bird perched on a branch with two butterflies, on a yellow and blue ground. Bird and Insects, Chico da Silva by Claudionor, 2008, acrylic on canvas.](https://img.chicodasilva.org/jcc-069/chico-da-silva-by-claudionor-bird-and-insects-2008-acrylic-on-canvas-70x100cm-joao-cunha-collection-jcc-069-chicodasilva.org-640.jpg)

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Description for blind and low-vision visitors

A horizontal painting featuring one dominant bird perched on a thick branch that runs diagonally across the lower right. The bird has a bright orange-and-red head with a curving yellow crest and a long downturned beak, a striped blue-green body banded with rows of wavy lines, a large rounded back filled with red plumage dotted with pale arrow-like marks, and a dark plume tail at the right. Its yellow scaly feet grip the branch. The upper background is pale blue with swirling cloud lines, while the lower background glows yellow with a band of warm orange and pink rays in the lower right corner. At the lower left two butterflies rest on a forked branch: one with pink-and-red wings, the other with green-and-red wings. All elements are crisply outlined and richly textured.

- **Artist:** [Chico da Silva by Claudionor](https://chicodasilva.org/en/biography/)
- **Year:** 2008
- **Technique:** Acrylic on canvas
- **Support:** Canvas
- **Dimensions:** 70 x 100 cm
- **Motif:** [Birds](https://chicodasilva.org/en/motifs/birds/)[Insects](https://chicodasilva.org/en/motifs/insects/)
- **Collection:** [João Cunha Collection](https://chicodasilva.org/en/about/)
- **Signature:** CHICO DA ZILVA / POR CLAUDIONOR, lower center
- **Photo:** Eric Keki
- **Inventory no.:** [JCC-069](https://chicodasilva.org/id/jcc-069)
- **Article:** [Claudionor, the Draughtsman](https://chicodasilva.org/en/articles/claudionor-the-draughtsman/)

## The signature

![Detail of the painted signature: «CHICO DA ZILVA / POR CLAUDIONOR»](https://img.chicodasilva.org/signatures/claudionor-signature-2008-jcc-069-chicodasilva.org-640.jpg)

*The canvas is signed “CHICO DA ZILVA / POR CLAUDIONOR”, at the center of the lower edge.*

## Provenance

1.  The artist, Fortaleza, 2008
2.  Instituto Cultural Oboé, Fortaleza
3.  Leilão Montenegro, auction, 2025
4.  João Cunha Collection

## How to credit

[Photographs free to reuse, with credit (CC BY 4.0)](https://chicodasilva.org/en/about/#license)

Chico da Silva by Claudionor, “Bird and Insects” (2008). Photo: Eric Keki, João Cunha Collection, CC BY 4.0. https://chicodasilva.org/id/jcc-069

The license covers the photograph, not the painting.

## For IIIF viewers

-   [IIIF manifest](https://chicodasilva.org/iiif/jcc-069/manifest.json)