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Folk Art from the Jonathan Demme Collection
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5619 Ridgetop Drive
Gainesville, GA 30504 ![]()
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Fabric over dolls and wood box. 20" long x 19" w x 26" h. Provenance: The Ruth West Collection. Est. $700 - $1000. Ship: $35
Pierrot Barra was a visionary constructor of Voodou Icons. He died in 1999 at the age of 57. Tragically, many of his sculptures were destroyed when religious fanatics looted the Museum of Port-au-Prince and fed them to a bonfire on the day after Jean-Bertrand Aristide fled Haiti in 2004.
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