Sylva Joseph

I will be out of the country from March 28th to April 9th, and so will not be shipping orders or open for visitors at the gallery. The Indigo Arts website will be active as always. I will respond to emails as soon as possible. I will be able to ship orders after April 9th, 2025.
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Note:
With the high cost of shipping many of our customers choose to ship by USPS. For small and light shipments this is usually less expensive, but please be aware that their estimates are often wrong and their service can be very slow (sixteen days for Priority Mail from Philadelphia to New York City recently). The service is not always as economical as it may appear, particularly on larger or more valuable shipments. USPS estimates only include insurance up to $100 for its domestic shipments. If you ask for full insurance we will recalculate the shipping cost and send you an invoice for any difference in cost. For overseas shipments USPS will not insure for over $650. On request we can get estimates for overseas shipping from DHL.

About the Artist

Sylva Joseph in his houmfor. Belair, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 1991 (photograph by Anthony Fisher)

Sylva Joseph. (photograph by Marilyn Houlberg. Reproduced with permission)

Sylva Joseph, 1995 (Photograph © Anthony Hart Fisher 1995).

Sylva Joseph (1930 - 2011)
Sylva Joseph was born in Leogane, Haiti in 1930. He was initiated into vodou in 1955, and became a houngan in 1970. He created his first vodou flag in 1972. He operater a peristil or temple and studio in the BelAir neighborhood of Port-au-Prince. He worked in the tradition of BelAir's famous flag artists, such as Tibout, Joseph Fortine and Luc Daniel Cedor. Sylva Joseph's work is published in Sequin Artists of Haiti (Girouard, 1994), Spirits in Sequins: Vodou Flags of Haiti (Nancy Josephson, 2007), Haitian Vodou Flags (Patrick Polk, 1997), and Sacred Arts of Haitian Vodou (Cosentino, 1995). Sylva passed away 0n July 26, 2011. (biographical info taken from Tina Girouard's Sequin Artists of Haiti) and other sources.

Region:

Haiti

Agoue - Vodou Flag

SKU: JBF-313

Sylva Joseph

Haiti

Sequins and beads on fabric
(30" x 30"), c. 2000.

Ex. Collection of Dr. Jacques Bartoli.

Provenance:

Dr. Jacques Bartoli Collection

$1250

Agaou - Vodou flag

SKU: SJS-2301

Sylva Joseph

Haiti

Sequins and beads on fabric
(30" x 30 1/4"), c. 1995.
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

$1250

Sequins and beads on fabric
(31 x 30), c.1993

$ 650

Product Status:

Sold

Grand Bois

SKU: SJ/D-0801

Sylva Joseph

Haiti

Silva Joseph (Port-au-Prince, Haiti)
Sequins and beads on fabric
(30 x 29), c.1993

$ 650

Product Status:

Sold

Sacred Arts of Haitian Vodou

Donald Cosentino, Editor
With Essays by Susan Preston Blier, Robert Farris Thompson, Sidney Mintz, Michel-Rolph Trouillot, Rachel Beauvoir-Dominique, Laennec Hurbon, Karen McCarthy, Mama Lola, Marilyn Houlberg, George Rene,Elizabeth McAlister, Patrick Polk, Tina Girouard, Randall Morris, Donald Cosentino
UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History Los Angeles, 1995

Artists Included:

Sylva Joseph

Antoine Oleyant

Yves Telemak (Telemac or Telemaque)

Pierrot Barra

Product Status:

Sold

$60