Toad Snake Birds and Insects

Toad Snake Birds and InsectsChico da Silva by Babá · 2011 · Acrylic on canvas
A large dotted fish surrounded by shrimp, insects and sea creatures against an orange ground. Toad Snake Birds and Insects, Chico da Silva by Babá, 2011, acrylic on canvas.
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Description for blind and low-vision visitors

A horizontal painting on a warm orange-ochre ground framed by dark green branching plants along the left and upper edges. At the center a large fish-like creature with a pale body speckled in fine multicolored dots curves through the scene, its open mouth and round eyes at the upper center. Surrounding it are many smaller creatures: a long-legged shrimp or lobster at the upper left, a smiling figure with a round face and many spindly limbs at the right, a crested bird-fish at the lower left, and assorted worms, shrimp and centipede-like forms scattered across the lower center and lower right. Below the central creature, layered green-gray mounds suggest reef or seabed, dotted with tiny anemone shapes. Fine handwritten text sits at the lower center.

Artist
Chico da Silva by Babá
Year
2011
Technique
Acrylic on canvas
Support
Canvas
Dimensions
80 x 120 cm
Motif
BirdsSnakesInsects
Collection
João Cunha Collection
Signature
CHICO DA SILVA / Por Baba, lower center
Photo
Eric Keki
Inventory no.
JCC-042
Article
Babá, the First Disciple

The signature

Detail of the painted signature: «CHICO DA SILVA / Por Baba»
The canvas is signed “CHICO DA SILVA / Por Baba”, at the center of the lower edge.

Provenance

  1. The artist, Fortaleza, 2011
  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, “Toad Snake Birds and Insects” (2011). Photo: Eric Keki, João Cunha Collection, CC BY 4.0. https://chicodasilva.org/id/jcc-042

The license covers the photograph, not the painting.

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