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title: "Fish and Birds (2006) · JCC-066, Chico da Silva by Babá, painting"
description: "Fish and Birds (2006) · JCC-066, Chico da Silva by Babá. Acrylic on canvas, 74 x 109 cm. Painting in the João Cunha Collection."
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# Fish and Birds

![Brightly patterned birds in flight above stylized fish swimming over a pale green-yellow sea. Fish and Birds, Chico da Silva by Babá, 2006, acrylic on canvas.](https://img.chicodasilva.org/jcc-066/chico-da-silva-by-baba-fish-and-birds-2006-acrylic-on-canvas-74x109cm-joao-cunha-collection-jcc-066-chicodasilva.org-640.jpg)

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Description for blind and low-vision visitors

A horizontal painting divided loosely between an upper zone of flying birds and a lower zone of swimming fish, set against a softly rippled background that shifts from pinkish horizontal bands at top to pale green and yellow below. Several large birds with broad outspread wings dominate the upper and central area, their plumage striped and dotted in red, orange, blue, green and yellow, beaks open. In the lower half swim several fish with elongated bodies, fanned tails and bold patterns in red, green, orange and blue, each marked with a prominent round eye. The creatures are scattered across the field with the largest winged bird near the center reaching toward the right. Color is high-keyed and warm overall, every animal densely decorated with concentric lines, scales and spots.

- **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:** [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-066](https://chicodasilva.org/id/jcc-066)

## The signature

![Detail of the painted signature: «CHICO DA SILVA / POR BABÁ»](https://img.chicodasilva.org/signatures/baba-signature-2006-jcc-066-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-066

The license covers the photograph, not the painting.

## For IIIF viewers

-   [IIIF manifest](https://chicodasilva.org/iiif/jcc-066/manifest.json)