Prefete Duffaut (Haitian) Jacmel, Self-taught
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Prefete Duffaut (Haitian/Jacmel, 1933-2012)
Jamcel Bay
Oil on masonite, 22 x 50 inches
Framed dimensions: 27 1/2 x 55 1/2 inches
House of Heydenryk wood frame
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.
Jamcel Bay
Oil on masonite, 22 x 50 inches
Framed dimensions: 27 1/2 x 55 1/2 inches
House of Heydenryk wood frame
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, Self-taught
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