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title: "Horse (1975) · JCC-021, Chico da Silva, painting"
description: "Horse (1975) · JCC-021, Chico da Silva. Acrylic on canvas, 66 x 48 cm. Painting in the João Cunha Collection."
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# Horse

![A rearing horse with patterned body in violet, orange and blue against a black ground. Horse, Chico da Silva, 1975, acrylic on canvas.](https://img.chicodasilva.org/jcc-021/chico-da-silva-horse-1975-acrylic-on-canvas-66x48cm-joao-cunha-collection-jcc-021-chicodasilva.org-640.jpg)

[Download image](https://img.chicodasilva.org/jcc-021/chico-da-silva-horse-1975-acrylic-on-canvas-66x48cm-joao-cunha-collection-jcc-021-chicodasilva.org-3200.jpg)

Description for blind and low-vision visitors

A large mythical horse rears up vertically, filling a black background. Its open jaws show pointed teeth and a wide red eye. The body is densely patterned in lilac, orange, blue and red, with rows of fine hatched lines, dotted scrolls, flower rosettes and a star motif on the haunch. Flame-like mane and tail spread outward in thin coloured strokes. Slender green and reddish palm fronds rise along both edges in the naïve folk style. A white signature and the date appear at lower left.

- **Artist:** [Chico da Silva](https://chicodasilva.org/en/biography/)
- **Year:** 1975
- **Technique:** Acrylic on canvas
- **Support:** Canvas
- **Dimensions:** 66 x 48 cm
- **Collection:** [João Cunha Collection](https://chicodasilva.org/en/about/)
- **Signature:** FDZILVA, lower left (reversed S)
- **Photo:** Eric Keki
- **Inventory no.:** [JCC-021](https://chicodasilva.org/id/jcc-021)
- **Article:** [The Pirambu School](https://chicodasilva.org/en/pirambu-school/)

## The signature

![Detail of the painted signature: «FDZILVA»](https://img.chicodasilva.org/signatures/chico-da-silva-signature-1975-jcc-021-chicodasilva.org-640.jpg)

*The canvas is signed “FDZILVA”, in the lower left corner. The S is reversed, so it reads as the artist's usual signature, “F. D. Silva”. Beside it sits the painter's thumbprint.*

## How to credit

[Photographs free to reuse, with credit (CC BY 4.0)](https://chicodasilva.org/en/about/#license)

Chico da Silva, “Horse” (1975). Photo: Eric Keki, João Cunha Collection, CC BY 4.0. https://chicodasilva.org/id/jcc-021

The license covers the photograph, not the painting.

## For IIIF viewers

-   [IIIF manifest](https://chicodasilva.org/iiif/jcc-021/manifest.json)