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Prefete Duffaut (Haitian/Haiti) Jacmel, 1958
Prefete Duffaut (Haitian/Haiti) Jacmel, 1958
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Prefete Duffaut (Haitian/Jacmel, 1923-2012)
Jacmel Harbor, dated 1958
Oil on Masonite, 19 3/4 x 27 3/4 inches
Framed dimensions: 20 7/8 x 28 7/8 inches

Provenance: Centre d'Art (Label)

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) Jacmel, 1958

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