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title: "Birds and Fish (2007) · JCC-071, Chico da Silva by Claudionor, painting"
description: "Birds and Fish (2007) · JCC-071, Chico da Silva by Claudionor. Acrylic on canvas, 75 x 110 cm. Painting in the João Cunha Collection."
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# Birds and Fish

![A huge open-mouthed fish with heart shapes inside, surrounded by smaller fish and birds on yellow. Birds and Fish, Chico da Silva by Claudionor, 2007, acrylic on canvas.](https://img.chicodasilva.org/jcc-071/chico-da-silva-by-claudionor-birds-and-fish-2007-acrylic-on-canvas-75x110cm-joao-cunha-collection-jcc-071-chicodasilva.org-640.jpg)

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Description for blind and low-vision visitors

A horizontal painting dominated by an enormous fish stretched across the center, its gaping mouth lined with white teeth at the left and its long body scaled in red, green and blue; within the body several pink heart shapes float among feathery white strokes, and a large round eye sits behind the head. Around the giant fish swim and fly several smaller creatures: in the upper left a blue bird with a curved neck, and across the top a row of smaller fish and birds patterned in red, green and blue with dotted detailing. The background is bright yellow framed by pale-blue swirling clouds at the corners, with a scattering of rounded stones and a small flower along the lower edge. The forms are boldly outlined and densely ornamented with lines and dots.

- **Artist:** [Chico da Silva by Claudionor](https://chicodasilva.org/en/biography/)
- **Year:** 2007
- **Technique:** Acrylic on canvas
- **Support:** Canvas
- **Dimensions:** 75 x 110 cm
- **Motif:** [Birds](https://chicodasilva.org/en/motifs/birds/)[Fish](https://chicodasilva.org/en/motifs/fish/)
- **Collection:** [João Cunha Collection](https://chicodasilva.org/en/about/)
- **Signature:** CHICO DA ZILVA / P/ CLAUDIONOR, lower left
- **Photo:** Eric Keki
- **Inventory no.:** [JCC-071](https://chicodasilva.org/id/jcc-071)
- **Article:** [Claudionor, the Draughtsman](https://chicodasilva.org/en/articles/claudionor-the-draughtsman/)

## The signature

![Detail of the painted signature: «CHICO DA ZILVA / P/ CLAUDIONOR»](https://img.chicodasilva.org/signatures/claudionor-signature-2007-jcc-071-chicodasilva.org-640.jpg)

*The canvas is signed “CHICO DA ZILVA / P/ CLAUDIONOR”, in the lower left corner.*

## Provenance

1.  The artist, Fortaleza, 2007
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, “Birds and Fish” (2007). Photo: Eric Keki, João Cunha Collection, CC BY 4.0. https://chicodasilva.org/id/jcc-071

The license covers the photograph, not the painting.

## For IIIF viewers

-   [IIIF manifest](https://chicodasilva.org/iiif/jcc-071/manifest.json)