Chico da Silva

Roosters

RoostersChico da Silva · 1973 · Acrylic on canvas
Two roosters in a cockfight with broad fanned multicolored plumage on a black ground. Roosters, Chico da Silva, 1973, acrylic on canvas.
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Two roosters confront each other in a cockfight at the center of a black background, crests and tails opening into wide fans of feathers. The plumage is rendered in rows of scallops and curved strokes in turquoise, green, yellow, red, blue and pink, with bold round eye markings on each head. Spiky green palm-like fronds spray outward behind the birds, covering the corners of the composition. In this naive decorative style the entire surface is filled with fine repeated linework; a white date and the stylized signature 'F.D.SILVA' sit at the lower right.

Artist
Chico da Silva
Year
1973
Technique
Acrylic on canvas
Support
Canvas
Dimensions
47 x 66 cm
Motif
Roosters
Collection
João Cunha Collection
Signature
FDZILVA, lower right (reversed S)
Photo
Eric Keki
Inventory no.
JCC-010

The signature

Detail of the painted signature: «FDZILVA»
The canvas is signed “FDZILVA”, in the lower right corner. The S is reversed, so it reads as the artist's usual signature, “F. D. Silva”. Beside it sits the painter's thumbprint.

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Photographs free to reuse, with credit (CC BY 4.0)

Chico da Silva, “Roosters” (1973). Photo: Eric Keki, João Cunha Collection, CC BY 4.0. https://chicodasilva.org/id/jcc-010

The license covers the photograph, not the painting.

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