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Prefete Duffaut (Haitian) Jacmel Bay, Haiti
Prefete Duffaut (Haitian) Jacmel Bay, Haiti
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Prefete Duffaut (Haitian/Jacmel,1923-2012)
Jacmel Bay
Oil on masonite, 22 x 50 in.
Framed 27 1/2 x 55 1/2 in.
House of Heydenryk Frame

Provenance: Dr. Halvor & Astrid Jaeger Collection
Kurt Bachmann

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 Bay, Haiti

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