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Lhérisson Debreus (DeBrise)

About the Artist

Lhérisson Debreus (also spelled Debrise) was born in 1971 near the second largest city in Haiti, Cap Haitien. His mother left for Port-au-Prince when he was little and settled in the Bel Air area near (vodou priest and flag maker) Tibout's house and temple. When he was fourteen, Lherison joined his mother. He would hang out at Tibout's temple, which bustled with activity.... Lhérisson began participating in the atelier, which included flag making. In 1994 Tibout died. Lhérisson was on his own. He decided to continue making flags. Also, he stepped up his activity of scouring the countryside looking to buy sacred objects that he could sell in Port-au-Prince. He combined this business with another in which he acted as an agent for some of the sculptors who worked in the Iron Market. The famous artist, Pierrot Barra, was one whose work Lhérisson would sell to buyers... (excerpts from Spirits in Sequins: Vodou Flags of Haiti by Nancy Josephson).

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Legba Atibon - Vodou flag
SKU: LDB-2002

Sequins and beads on fabric (24 1/4" x 18 1/4”), c.2000.
Ex collection of Nancy Josephson.
This flag is published in the book Spirits in Sequins by Nancy Josephson, p. 128.  "Here Lherison uses the Saint Lazarus chromolithograph to identify the central figure, then surround him with Vodou iconography including asson and cloche (rattle and bell) used to call the spirits."

$950

Dantor - Vodou Flag
SKU: LDB-2301

Sequins and beads on fabric, with cotton fill for relief areas, stretched on frame (19" x 15" x 3/4”), c.2000.  

This flag is being sold by Judy Hoffman for the benefit of the Art Creation Foundation for Children, which she founded in Jacmel, Haiti.

 

$875

La Sirene - Vodou Flag
SKU: LDB-0801

Sequins and beads on fabric (54" x 29 1/2"), c.2006.
Ex collection of Nancy Josephson.
This flag is published in the book Spirits in Sequins by Nancy Josephson, p. 126.

$ 1,800

Product Status: 
Sold
Baron au Cimetière - Vodou Flag
SKU: LDB-2001

Sequins and beads on fabric, with cotton fill for relief areas, stretched on frame (24 1/4" x 17 1/2”), c.2000.  
Ex collection of Nancy Josephson.
This flag is published in the book Spirits in Sequins by Nancy Josephson, p. 126.  "The chromolithograph of Saint Gerard is used to depict the Vodou spirit Baron, one of the Guede family.  The small cuts made into the back of the doubled fabric get cotton stuffing, which makes the top of the flag not only 3-D but also very heavy."

$775

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"Aizan" Vodou Flag
SKU: LD-0601

Sequins and beads on fabric
(36 x 24 1/2), c.2006

$ 775

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Guede Nibo - Vodou flag
SKU: LDB-0302

(Port-au-Prince)
Sequins and beads on fabric
(35 x 23 1/2), c.2000

$ 650

Product Status: 
Sold
SKU: LB-Kafou

Lherison DeBrise (Port-au-Prince, Haiti)
Sequins and beads on fabric (23 1/4 x 17 1/4), c.2000
SOLD 9/07

$450

Product Status: 
Sold
SKU: LD/V0602

Sequins and beads on fabric
(15 1/2 x 12), c.2006

$ 160

Product Status: 
Sold
SKU: LB-saint

Lherison DeBrise (Port-au-Prince, Haiti)
Sequins and beads on fabric (23 1/2 x 16 1/2), c.2000

SOLD

Product Status: 
Sold