Rooster and Butterfly

Rooster and ButterflyChico da Silva · 1973 · Acrylic on canvas
A pink S-shaped bird marked with red hearts facing a butterfly on a black ground. Rooster and Butterfly, Chico da Silva, 1973, acrylic on canvas.
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A fantastic pink bird curves in an S-shape against a black background, its crested head turned toward a small red-and-white butterfly. The striped body carries two prominent red hearts and green-and-yellow wing feathers, with thin legs below. Slender green plants and grass tufts grow around the figure in the naïve folk manner. A white signature and date appear at the lower right.

Artist
Chico da Silva
Year
1973
Technique
Acrylic on canvas
Support
Canvas
Dimensions
36 x 25 cm
Motif
RoostersInsects
Collection
João Cunha Collection
Signature
FDZILVA, lower right (reversed S)
Photo
Eric Keki
Inventory no.
JCC-003

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, “Rooster and Butterfly” (1973). Photo: Eric Keki, João Cunha Collection, CC BY 4.0. https://chicodasilva.org/id/jcc-003

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