Edgar Jean Louis | Indigo Arts

About the Artist

Edgar's Studio, Bel-Air, Port-au-Prince, 1995 (Photograph © Anthony Hart Fisher 1995).

Edgar Jean Louis was one of the leading houngans and vodou flag makers in the Bel Air neighborhood of Port-au-Prince. He was born in 1921, and shared a temple with the fellow artist and houngan, Sylva Joseph. His work was characteristic of the classic Bel Air style of design and craftsmanship.

Region:

Haiti

Grand Bois - Vodou Flag

SKU: EJL-2501

Edgar Jean Louis

Haiti

Edgar Jean-Louis. Bel Air, Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
Sequins and beads on fabric (28 1/2’ x 29 1/4”), c.1995-2000.
Note: Acquired by current owner between 1995 and 2000. Proceeds from sale to be applied to the benefit of the Haitian non-profit organization Fonkoze.

St. Jacques - Vodou Flag

SKU: EJL-1601

Edgar Jean Louis

Haiti

Sequins and beads on fabric, with clear plastic "window" covering paper chromolithograph of St. Jacques' face (30 1/2” x 32”), c.2000. This flag is published in Spirits in Sequins: Vodou Flags of Haiti (p. 66).
This flag is being sold by Judy Hoffman for the benefit of the Art Creation Foundation for Children, which she founded in Jacmel, Haiti.

Provenance:

Judy Hoffman - Art Creation Foundation for Children