Prefete Duffaut (Haitian) Jacmel Dreamscape, c.1960's
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Prefete Duffaut (Haitian/Jacmel, 1923-2012)
Jacmel Dreamscape, circa 1962-64
Oil on canvas, 20" x 24 1/4"
framed 25" x 29"
Provenance: Susan Bloom Collection, New York, NY
Lot essay:
Duffaut is a poet and spiritualist who had been a carpenter and worked with his father as a shipbuilder before becoming a painter. His early focus on Haiti's maritime history is infused with Vodou imagery. After meeting Rigaud Benoit, Hector Hyppolite's son-in-law, who was visiting Jacmel in 1944, Duffaut would join the Centre d'Art, Port-au-Prince, in 1948. Duffaut is renowned for his visionary scenes of imaginary cities.
Jacmel Dreamscape, circa 1962-64
Oil on canvas, 20" x 24 1/4"
framed 25" x 29"
Provenance: Susan Bloom Collection, New York, NY
Lot essay:
Duffaut is a poet and spiritualist who had been a carpenter and worked with his father as a shipbuilder before becoming a painter. His early focus on Haiti's maritime history is infused with Vodou imagery. After meeting Rigaud Benoit, Hector Hyppolite's son-in-law, who was visiting Jacmel in 1944, Duffaut would join the Centre d'Art, Port-au-Prince, in 1948. Duffaut is renowned for his visionary scenes of imaginary cities.
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Prefete Duffaut (Haitian) Jacmel Dreamscape, c.1960's
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