Collections

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Indigo Arts is proud to represent artworks from a number of prestigious art collections.

Jonathan W. Fisher Collection

Jonathan Waters Fisher (June 11, 1948 - October 24, 2022)

Dr. Jacques Bartoli Collection

Rudi Stern Collection

Indigo Arts is fortunate to represent a portion of the collection of the late multi-media artist and filmmaker Rudi Stern. The works shown here were collected during the six years that Stern lived in Haiti in the 1980s and 1990s. During that time Stern made 14 documentary films, including Haiti: Killing the Dream in 1992.

Rudi Stern (Rudolph George Stern 1936-2006)

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Nancy Josephson Collection

Nancy Josephson, a New York City native born in 1955, gave up a career as a musician to create art that embodies Haitian themes. A spiritual follower of Vodou, Josephson traveled to Haiti a dozen times in the past decade to prepare for her initiation as a Vodou priestess. LaSiren, who embodies the ocean's dual qualities of strength and serenity, is her "met tet," or "head" spirit.

Judy Hoffman - Art Creation Foundation for Children

Judy Hoffman founded the non-profit Art Creation Foundation for Children in Jacmel, Haiti in 1999. This year Judy has offered a collection of fine Haitian drapo (Vodou flags) and paintings for sale. A portion of the proceeds will be donated for the benefit of this inspiring foundation, which states its mission as "EMPOWERING STUDENTS TO CHANGE THEIR WORLD THROUGH ART".

Mary Sue and Paul Peter Rosen

Mary Sue Rosen is a member of the Writing Program faculty of The New School in New York City and Paul Peter Rosen, MD is Emeritus Professor of Pathology at the Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City. For many years, they have collaborated on collecting African art and writing numerous catalogs for exhibitions from their collection.

Jonathan Demme Collection

Marilyn Houlberg Collection

The Virgil Young Collection

We are pleased to be able to offer for sale a selection of vintage vodou flags, bottles and other artifacts from the famed Virgil Young Collection. The late Virgil Young was a visionary collector, who collected the art and artifacts of Haitian Vodou at a time when few others were interested. He collected in Haiti, for the most part directly from the Vodou temples, from about 1980 to 1993.

Collections

Jonathan W. Fisher Collection

Dr. Jacques Bartoli Collection

Spirits in Sequins: Vodou Flags of Haiti

Sequin Artists of Haiti

Haitian Vodou Flags

Rudi Stern Collection

Nancy Josephson Collection

Spirits in Sequins: Vodou Flags of Haiti

Judy Hoffman - Art Creation Foundation for Children

Mary Sue and Paul Peter Rosen

The Colorful Sogo Bo Puppets of Mali

Masks from West and Central Africa: A Celebration of Color and Form

Jonathan Demme Collection

An Apparently Unimportant Event: Self-Taught From the Centre D'Art in the 1940s and 1950s

Haitian Celebration: South Florida Collects Haitian Art

Odilon Pierre: Atis d'Ayiti

Haiti: Three Visions

Island On Fire: Passionate Images of Haiti from the Collection of Jonathan Demme

Marilyn Houlberg Collection

Sacred Arts of Haitian Vodou

Mama Wata: Arts for Water Spirits in Africa and its Diaspora

The Virgil Young Collection

Sacred Arts of Haitian Vodou