Birds and Snake

Birds and SnakeChico da Silva by Babá · 2005 · Acrylic on canvas
Two tall confronting birds flanking a central upright stalk, with small birds flying at the corners. Birds and Snake, Chico da Silva by Babá, 2005, acrylic on canvas.
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Description for blind and low-vision visitors

A horizontal painting built around two large symmetrical birds with long curving necks that meet at the center, their open beaks facing a tall upright form rising from the lower center. The left bird has a rounded body filled with flame-like orange and brown patterning and a green plumed tail; the right bird's body is a large pale oval banded with pink, green and red wavy stripes. Between them a green and red striped stalk rises vertically with thin orange limbs branching outward and a small spiky crown at the top. Small birds in red, blue and brown fly in each of the upper corners and along the right edge. The background is a pale cream wash with soft yellow at the lower corners.

Artist
Chico da Silva by Babá
Year
2005
Technique
Acrylic on canvas
Support
Canvas
Dimensions
74 x 109 cm
Motif
BirdsSnakes
Collection
João Cunha Collection
Signature
CHICO DA SILVA / POR BABÁ, lower right
Photo
Eric Keki
Inventory no.
JCC-056

The signature

Detail of the painted signature: «CHICO DA SILVA / POR BABÁ»
The canvas is signed “CHICO DA SILVA / POR BABÁ”, in the lower right corner.

Provenance

  1. The artist, Fortaleza, 2005
  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)

Chico da Silva by Babá, “Birds and Snake” (2005). Photo: Eric Keki, João Cunha Collection, CC BY 4.0. https://chicodasilva.org/id/jcc-056

The license covers the photograph, not the painting.

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