Fish

FishChico da Silva by Babá · 2006 · Acrylic on canvas
A large patterned fish swimming amid swirling yellow and green water with a small fish below. Fish, Chico da Silva by Babá, 2006, acrylic on canvas.
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A horizontal painting filled edge to edge with flowing yellow and pale green water rendered in long parallel brushstrokes. At the center a single large fish swims toward the left, its rounded golden body speckled with small teardrop and heart shapes in orange, blue and red. The head at the left has a red gill area and a row of fine teeth, and the lower body shades into a band of layered blue-green and teal stripes. A long red-finned tail trails to the upper right, with red fins also along the back. In the lower left a much smaller orange fish swims, facing left. Faint handwritten text sits at the lower right edge. The overall palette is warm yellows and oranges with cool green and teal accents.

Artist
Chico da Silva by Babá
Year
2006
Technique
Acrylic on canvas
Support
Canvas
Dimensions
74 x 109 cm
Motif
Fish
Collection
João Cunha Collection
Signature
CHICO DA SILVA / POR BABÁ, lower right
Photo
Eric Keki
Inventory no.
JCC-039
Article
The Pirambu School

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, 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, “Fish” (2006). Photo: Eric Keki, João Cunha Collection, CC BY 4.0. https://chicodasilva.org/id/jcc-039

The license covers the photograph, not the painting.

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