Prefete Duffaut (Haitian/Jacmel, 1923-2012)
Erzulie Rising From Fortress Towers, dated 1953
Oil on masonite, 30 1/4 x 24 1/4 inches
Framed dimensions: 34 1/8 x 28 1/4 inches

Provenance:
Anne Grimmer-James Fastenrath Collection

Old label on back:"P. Duffaut (20th cent.) Primitive portrait of Latin American goddess with landscape and seascape background. Signed lower right and dated 1953." Oil on masonite.

"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.