Prefete Duffaut (Haitian/Jacmel, 1923-2012)
Untitled (Jacmel Mountains), circa 1962-64
Oil on masonite, 15 3/4" x 19 3/4"
framed 22" x 26"
Vintage hand carved Haitian frame.

Provenance: Private New York Collection

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.