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Prefete Duffaut (Haitian/Haiti) La Siren Offerings
Prefete Duffaut (Haitian/Haiti) La Siren Offerings
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Prefete Duffaut (Haitian/Jacmel, 1923-2012)
Untitled (La Siren Offerings), dated 3/7/57
Oil on masonite 24 x 28 1/2 inches
Framed dimensions: 30 x 35 inches

Provenance:
Bob Brictson Estate

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/Haiti) La Siren Offerings

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