Untitled

UntitledChico da Silva · 1969 · Gouache on canvas
A tall long-necked spotted bird seizing a fish in its claws against a flecked yellow ground. Untitled, Chico da Silva, 1969, gouache on canvas.
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Artist
Chico da Silva
Year
1969
Technique
Gouache on canvas
Support
Canvas
Dimensions
35 x 24 cm
Collection
João Cunha Collection
Signature
FDSILVA, lower left (reversed D and S)
Photo
Eric Keki
Inventory no.
JCC-026

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Description for blind and low-vision visitors

On a vivid yellow ground dotted with tiny dashes, a large fantastic bird rises with a long S-curved blue neck, a crested head and an open beak. Its plump body is covered in rows of stippling and big oval medallions in blue, turquoise, brown and orange, and it seizes a blue-and-red fish below with its clawed feet, as if hunting. Green and blue foliage sprigs and a small dark insect-like form decorate the background. The naïve style fills the surface with fine pattern; a signature and the year sit at lower left.

The signature

Detail of the painted signature: «FDSILVA»
The canvas is signed “FDSILVA”, in the lower left corner. The D and the S are reversed. Beside it sits the painter's thumbprint.

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

Chico da Silva, “Untitled” (1969). Photo: Eric Keki, João Cunha Collection, CC BY 4.0. https://chicodasilva.org/id/jcc-026

The license covers the photograph, not the painting.

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