Roosters

RoostersChico da Silva by Babá · 2006 · Acrylic on canvas
Two confronting roosters with fanned tails facing each other amid green palm fronds on a yellow ground. Roosters, Chico da Silva by Babá, 2006, acrylic on canvas.
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Description for blind and low-vision visitors

A horizontal painting of two large roosters facing each other at the center, their tail plumes fanning outward to the left and right edges. The left rooster has a deep red feathered breast and crest with a striped purple and red tail; the right rooster is orange with a body covered in blue eye-spots and swirls and a feathery upswept tail. Their legs meet in the lower center, talons nearly touching above a yellow ground. Tall green palm-like fronds rise vertically at the far left, far right and between the birds, with finer green grass strokes across the lower field. A tiny bird flies at the upper right against the pale cream background.

Artist
Chico da Silva by Babá
Year
2006
Technique
Acrylic on canvas
Support
Canvas
Dimensions
75 x 110 cm
Motif
Roosters
Collection
João Cunha Collection
Signature
CHICO DA SILVA / POR BABÁ, lower right
Photo
Eric Keki
Inventory no.
JCC-060
Article
Babá, the First Disciple

The signature

Detail of the painted signature: «CHICO DA SILVA / POR BABÁ»
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)

Chico da Silva by Babá, “Roosters” (2006). Photo: Eric Keki, João Cunha Collection, CC BY 4.0. https://chicodasilva.org/id/jcc-060

The license covers the photograph, not the painting.

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