Birds and Snake

Birds and SnakeChico da Silva by Babá · 2006 · Acrylic on canvas
A large pastel long-necked bird at center surrounded by smaller birds and a coiling snake on an orange ground. Birds and Snake, Chico da Silva by Babá, 2006, acrylic on canvas.
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A horizontal painting centered on a large bird with a soft mottled pastel body in pink, green and blue and a long curving neck, standing on thin legs at the center over a deep orange ground. Its head bears a crest of fine striped plumes. Around it, smaller birds populate the corners: a speckled bird perches at the upper left, another perches on a branch where a pale snake coils at the upper right, and a small spotted bird stands at the lower left. Dark serpentine branches studded with beadlike dots curl up from the lower left and right corners, and a dark vessel or pot sits at the lower center. Stylized orange feather and leaf forms fill the lower edges. A small signature appears at the lower center.

Artist
Chico da Silva by Babá
Year
2006
Technique
Acrylic on canvas
Support
Canvas
Dimensions
74 x 109 cm
Motif
BirdsSnakes
Collection
João Cunha Collection
Signature
Babá, lower center
Photo
Eric Keki
Inventory no.
JCC-063

The signature

Detail of the painted signature: «Babá»
The canvas is signed “Babá”, at the center of the lower edge.

Provenance

  1. The artist, Fortaleza, 2006
  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, “Birds and Snake” (2006). Photo: Eric Keki, João Cunha Collection, CC BY 4.0. https://chicodasilva.org/id/jcc-063

The license covers the photograph, not the painting.

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