Prefete Duffaut (Haitian) Jacmel, Map of Haiti (Cities
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Prefete Duffaut (Haitian/Jacmel, 1923-2012)
Map of Haiti (Cities & Deities), dated 2007
Oil on canvas, 30 x 40 in.
Framed 31 5/8 x 41 5/8 in.
Provenance: Dr. Bob Brictson Estate
Lot Essay: Rare map of Haiti depicted with regional Haitian Vodou Deities.
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.
Map of Haiti (Cities & Deities), dated 2007
Oil on canvas, 30 x 40 in.
Framed 31 5/8 x 41 5/8 in.
Provenance: Dr. Bob Brictson Estate
Lot Essay: Rare map of Haiti depicted with regional Haitian Vodou Deities.
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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