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title: "Fish and Birds (2006) · JCC-053, Chico da Silva by Babá, painting"
description: "Fish and Birds (2006) · JCC-053, Chico da Silva by Babá. Acrylic on canvas, 75 x 109 cm. Painting in the João Cunha Collection."
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# Fish and Birds

![A large winged bird swooping over toothy fish in water, with smaller fish scattered across a green ground. Fish and Birds, Chico da Silva by Babá, 2006, acrylic on canvas.](https://img.chicodasilva.org/jcc-053/chico-da-silva-by-baba-fish-and-birds-2006-acrylic-on-canvas-75x109cm-joao-cunha-collection-jcc-053-chicodasilva.org-640.jpg)

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Description for blind and low-vision visitors

A horizontal painting showing a large bird with outspread wings diving toward the lower center, its orange-tipped wings raised and its long beak pointing down at a big toothy fish below. The bird's body is gray-blue with red feathering and a curling tail, and it grips with orange clawed feet. The central fish is elongated with a gaping mouth full of teeth, patterned in blue, red and orange scales. Around it swim several smaller fish with sharp teeth and large eyes, two at the lower left and one small one below the central fish. Another small bird with a hooked beak flies in from the left. The upper background is a soft mottling of lavender, blue and pink, and the lower ground is pale green, suggesting water and sky meeting.

- **Artist:** [Chico da Silva by Babá](https://chicodasilva.org/en/biography/)
- **Year:** 2006
- **Technique:** Acrylic on canvas
- **Support:** Canvas
- **Dimensions:** 75 x 109 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 SILVA / POR Babá, lower center
- **Photo:** Eric Keki
- **Inventory no.:** [JCC-053](https://chicodasilva.org/id/jcc-053)

## The signature

![Detail of the painted signature: «CHICO DA SILVA / POR Babá»](https://img.chicodasilva.org/signatures/baba-signature-2006-jcc-053-chicodasilva.org-640.jpg)

*The canvas is signed “CHICO DA SILVA / POR Babá”, 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)](https://chicodasilva.org/en/about/#license)

Chico da Silva by Babá, “Fish and Birds” (2006). Photo: Eric Keki, João Cunha Collection, CC BY 4.0. https://chicodasilva.org/id/jcc-053

The license covers the photograph, not the painting.

## For IIIF viewers

-   [IIIF manifest](https://chicodasilva.org/iiif/jcc-053/manifest.json)