Birds Snakes Caiman and Insects

Birds Snakes Caiman and InsectsChico da Silva by Babá · 2006 · Acrylic on canvas
A tall tree trunk at center surrounded by birds, a serpent and a lizard on a warm orange ground. Birds Snakes Caiman and Insects, Chico da Silva by Babá, 2006, acrylic on canvas.
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Description for blind and low-vision visitors

A horizontal painting organized around a thick reddish-brown tree trunk that rises vertically through the center, dotted with small insects and spiders and with a thin snake coiling at its base. To the left stands a tall long-legged bird with red legs beside a small green sapling, with another long-necked bird and a small perched bird above it. At the upper center and right, birds fly and perch, while a large serpent with an open fanged mouth and a red-spotted body curves down the right side. A spiny lizard or iguana crawls across the lower right, and a small spotted crocodile-like creature lies at the lower left. The background is a warm field of orange and yellow with combed radiating strokes. A small signature appears in the lower center.

Artist
Chico da Silva by Babá
Year
2006
Technique
Acrylic on canvas
Support
Canvas
Dimensions
74 x 109 cm
Motif
BirdsSnakesInsects
Collection
João Cunha Collection
Signature
CHICO DA SILVA / POR BABA, lower center
Photo
Eric Keki
Inventory no.
JCC-062
Article
Babá, the First Disciple

The signature

Detail of the painted signature: «CHICO DA SILVA / POR BABA»
The canvas is signed “CHICO DA SILVA / POR BABA”, at the center of the lower edge.

Provenance

  1. The artist, Fortaleza, 2006
  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 Snakes Caiman and Insects” (2006). Photo: Eric Keki, João Cunha Collection, CC BY 4.0. https://chicodasilva.org/id/jcc-062

The license covers the photograph, not the painting.

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