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title: "Fish (2006), Chico da Silva by Babá, painting"
description: "Fish (2006), Chico da Silva by Babá. Acrylic on canvas, 74 x 109 cm. Painting in the João Cunha Collection."
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# Fish

![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.](https://img.chicodasilva.org/jcc-039/chico-da-silva-by-baba-fish-2006-acrylic-on-canvas-74x109cm-joao-cunha-collection-jcc-039-chicodasilva.org-640.jpg)

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Description for blind and low-vision visitors

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](https://chicodasilva.org/en/biography/)
- **Year:** 2006
- **Technique:** Acrylic on canvas
- **Support:** Canvas
- **Dimensions:** 74 x 109 cm
- **Motif:** [Fish](https://chicodasilva.org/en/motifs/fish/)
- **Collection:** [João Cunha Collection](https://chicodasilva.org/en/about/)
- **Signature:** CHICO DA SILVA / POR BABÁ, lower right
- **Photo:** Eric Keki
- **Inventory no.:** [JCC-039](https://chicodasilva.org/id/jcc-039)
- **Article:** [The Pirambu School](https://chicodasilva.org/en/pirambu-school/)

## The signature

![Detail of the painted signature: «CHICO DA SILVA / POR BABÁ»](https://img.chicodasilva.org/signatures/baba-signature-2006-jcc-039-chicodasilva.org-640.jpg)

*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)](https://chicodasilva.org/en/about/#license)

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.

## For IIIF viewers

-   [IIIF manifest](https://chicodasilva.org/iiif/jcc-039/manifest.json)