Untitled

UntitledChico da Silva · c. 1966 · Gouache on paper
A colorful patterned dragon-like creature flanked by two birds on a warm peach ground. Untitled, Chico da Silva, c. 1966, gouache on paper.
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A large fantastic dragon-like creature fills the center against a warm peach-to-ochre background. It has an open jaw lined with teeth and red branching tendrils, a single big outlined eye, sturdy clawed feet, and a long S-curving tail. Its body is densely patterned with multicolored scales, heart shapes and leaf forms in blue, green, red and purple, all outlined in fine white hatching. Two smaller birds with outstretched patterned wings hover beside it, while delicate green sprigs and a bluish grassy strip mark the ground in the naïve folk style.

Artist
Chico da Silva
Year
c. 1966
Technique
Gouache on paper
Support
Paper
Dimensions
64 x 90 cm
Collection
João Cunha Collection
Signature
FOZILVA, lower right (reversed D and S)
Photo
João Cunha
Inventory no.
JCC-029

The signature

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

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Chico da Silva, “Untitled” (c. 1966). Photo: João Cunha, João Cunha Collection, CC BY 4.0. https://chicodasilva.org/id/jcc-029

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