Untitled

UntitledChico da Silva · Acrylic on canvas
An ornate fantastical bird with swirling layered plumage on a black ground. Untitled, Chico da Silva, acrylic on canvas.
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A single ornate fantastical bird stands against a deep black background. It has a long curved open beak, a round green eye, and a head decorated with rows of concentric circular eye-spot patterns in blue, red and orange. The body unfurls in richly layered scalloped feathers of orange, red, yellow, green and blue, with a tall curving plume above and long curling tail and toe feathers ending in spirals at the bottom. Fine hatched lines radiate across the black field, and red and green flame-shaped leaves rise along the sides in the dense, decorative naïve folk style.

Artist
Chico da Silva
Technique
Acrylic on canvas
Support
Canvas
Dimensions
68 x 48 cm
Collection
João Cunha Collection
Photo
Eric Keki
Inventory no.
JCC-036
Article
The Pirambu School

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Chico da Silva, “Untitled”. Photo: Eric Keki, João Cunha Collection, CC BY 4.0. https://chicodasilva.org/id/jcc-036

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