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For the Birds

June 8, 2023 to August 31, 2023

The enforced confinement of the the “Covid years” seems to have driven a lot of us to birding.  As reluctant as I always am to be trendy, we seem to have joined the flock.  We are fortunate to live within walking distance of a vast park system and within east driving distance of many more places where birds gather.  We have also discovered we are surrounded by avid birders who can tell a Parula from a Prothonotary, and that they are overwhelmingly willing to share their knowledge.  So we upgraded our binoculars and joined the flock.  This Spring we have enjoyed the fact that our area is a popular spot for warblers and other birds migrating north to rest and refuel.  

Ever seeking connections between life and art, I also realize just how extensively the birds have infiltrated the walls and shelves here at Indigo Arts.  What follows is a sampling of these birds, depicted by artists from Brazil, Congo, Cuba, Haiti, India, Mexico, Nicaragua,Nigeria, Peru, Tanzania and Venezuela.

Red Birds and Dogs
SKU: JJS-9504

Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Oil on Canvas
(48 x 36), 1995.  Framed.
From private collection.

20% off

$3200 $2560

Spirit with Blue Birds - Prospere Pierre-Louis (Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 1947 - 1996)
SKU: PPL-1303

Acrylic on board (24" x 24"), 1991
Framed

Ex. collection of Fritz Racine

$2500

Festin
SKU: JGM-0816

José Garcia Montebravo (Cienfuegos, Cuba),
Acrylic, ink and colored pencil on paper
(19 1/2" x 25 1/2"), 2008  framed.

Collection of Jonathan Fisher,
Ex. Indigo Arts Gallery, 2009
Acquired from artist in 2008.

 

$1500 (framed)

Roberto Torres Lameda
SKU: RTL0207

(Mella),
Oil on Canvas (23" x 15 1/2", 58cm x 40cm), 2002
Framed by the artist.

$1500 (framed)

Espacios Transitados XIV - José Garcia Montebravo
SKU: JGM-0804

Acrylic, ink and colored pencil on paper
(19 1/2" x 25 1/2"), 2002

$ 1450

St.-Pierre Toussaint
SKU: SPT-1501

Oil on canvas (24" x 36") with original hand-carved frame, c.1978
Condition note: some cracking of paint surface.

10% off

$1,500 $1,350

From the Market Kamau "Cartoon" Joseph
SKU: Cartoon-3

Nairobi, Kenya
c. 2010
Oil on canvas (24 1/4" h. x 14"w, 61cm x 35cm)

$1275

El Ultimo Canto - Enrique Flores
SKU: ENF-1006

Huitzo, Oaxaca, Mexico, 2008.
Aquatint, # 4/30 (100cm x 50 cm - 39 1/4" x 19 3/4")

$1200

The Rooster and the Chameleon
SKU: TT-1508

February, 2014
Oil enamel on canvas (271/2" h x 19 3/4"w) (70 x 50cm).

$975

Filemon Santiago - El Extraño
SKU: FSA-2

Lithograph, #20/20, 1997
(Image size 19 1/4" x 13 1/4" on 27" 21" sheet)

$900

Sin Titulo (Birds and People) - Mario Mesa
SKU: MM-9906

(Miami, Florida ,born in Cuba)
Oil, acrylic on board (25x19), 1997
Framed

$850

Fon Gelede Mask with Bird
SKU: AFM-2001

Fon, Benin, late 20th century
Wood with red, green, yellow, black, white oil paint, with fabric hinge for wings, nylon strings (19"h. x 8 1/2"w. x 10" d.).  Wings and head of bird are operable by pulling strings.  
Ex. collection of Nancy Josephson.  Purchased by collector in Benin, c.2000.

$850

Yellow Bird with Green Head
SKU: SPT-1701

Oil on canvas (20" x 21") with metal frame, c.1970's.
Ex. Collection of Jonathan Demme.

 

$750

Deer and Bird -Anuj Tekam
SKU: Gond-13

Anuj Tekam - Patangarh, Madhya Pradesh State, India
c.2012
Acrylic on canvas
(17" h. x 21" w. ) Framed.

$750 framed

Woman with Bird
SKU: GBA-2112

Recycled steel oil-drum (25" h. x 19" w. x 3" d.), Croix-des-Bouquets, Haiti, 2021

$750

Birds of Paradise - Retablo (Extra Large)
SKU: PRTB-129

Claudio Jimenez Quispé (Peru), 2017/2018
Painted plaster sculpture in painted wood box
(14" h. x 15" w. x 4" d.)

Note:  Custom art-handler packing and shipping required for this piece.  Please inquire for estimate.

$1800

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Espacios Transitados VI
SKU: JGM-0107

Acrylic, ink and colored pencil on paper
(19 1/2" x 25 1/2"), Framed.
2001

$1500 (framed)

Product Status: 
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SKU: PJV-0401

Pierre-Joseph Valcin (Port-au-Prince, Haiti)
Oil on Canvas (20 x 20), c.1985

$ 1,250

Product Status: 
Returned to Consignor
Birds of Paradise - Retablo (version 4)
SKU: PRTB-112-4

Claudio Jimenez Quispé (Peru), 2021/2022
Painted plaster sculpture in painted wood box
(9 3/4" h. x 12" w. x 3" d.)

Note:  Due to their fragility we can no longer ship these retablos out of the U.S. except by special arrangement.  Custom art-handler packing and shipping may be required.  Please inquire for estimate.

$775

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Green Bird - St.-Pierre Toussaint
SKU: SPT1502

Oil on masonite (37" x 12") with original hand-carved frame, c. 1980
Condition note: small hole in masonite approx. 1" below top center.

$750

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Birds of Paradise - Retablo
SKU: PRTB-112-3

Claudio Jimenez Quispé (Peru), 2018/2019
Painted plaster sculpture in painted wood box
(9 3/4" h. x 12" w. x 3" d.)

Note:  Due to their fragility we can no longer ship these retablos out of the U.S. except by special arrangement.  Custom art-handler packing and shipping required.  Please inquire for estimate.

$750

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Woman with Bird
SKU: GBA-9502

Recycled steel oil-drum (34" h. x 16" w. x 2" d.), c.1995

Exhibited at the Delaware Art Museum exhibit, Haiti: A Tribute in Art, from May 7 to June 20, 2010

 

$ 750

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Early Jolimeau Masterpiece - Man, woman/beast with Bird
SKU: SJ-2101

Croix-des-Bouquets, Haiti
Recycled steel oil-drum sculpture.
(16" h. x 23" w.), c.1970s

$750

Product Status: 
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James Mbuthia
SKU: JMB-1102

Nairobi, Kenya
c. 2010
Oil on canvas (12" h x 12"w, 30cm x 30cm)

$600

Product Status: 
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Two Roosters (Cock Fight)
SKU: JSP-2103

Jonas Pascal,  Croix des Bouquets, Haiti.
Recycled steel oil-drum (18” h.  x 34 1/2” w. x 1" d.), 1980's.
Ex. collection of Rudi Stern.

$575

Product Status: 
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The Seated Birds
SKU: AOY-1502

Oshogbo, Nigeria, 2012
Ink batik on rice paper.
23" x 17 1/4"

$475

Product Status: 
Returned to Artist
Animal Spirits
SKU: RNS-1802

Richard Nesly (Soisson la Montagne, Haiti),  2018.
Oil on canvas (16 x 16).

$450

Product Status: 
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Black Dog and Red Birds
SKU: FRC-1402

Fritzner Chery (Bainet, Haiti, 1947-2013)
Oil on canvas (13 3/4" x 16"), c.2010
Framed by the artist

 

$375 (framed)

Product Status: 
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Birds in a Green Tree
SKU: RMK-1702

Madhubani, Bihar, India
c.2011
Ink and paint on paper
(30 1/2" h. x 22" w. ).

$375

Product Status: 
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Phillip Olufemi Babarinlo, Oshogbo, Nigeria
SKU: Oluf-15

c.2012
Oil and marker on paper (18 1/2" h. x 12 1/4"w.)

$300

Product Status: 
Returned to Artist
The Agbogbo Bird
SKU: TF-2206

Family studio of Toyin Folorunso (signature is ambiguous).  Oshogbo, Nigeria, 2021-22
Hammered aluminum relief
(10"h.  x 7 3/4” w).

$225

Product Status: 
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José Francisco Borges
SKU: JFB-74

José Francisco Borges (Brazil),
Woodcut print on paper (11 1/2 x 20), 2004, 2005, 2013.

Exact details and colors may vary.

$120

Product Status: 
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Birds in the Tree
SKU: hs-rnd330

(Croix des Bouquets,)
Recycled steel oil-drum (22" diameter)

$110

Product Status: 
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Gallo
SKU: RGE-2109

Cienfuegos, Cuba, c. 2018
Mixed media on paper, (7 1/4” x 5 1/4” mounted on 10" x 8" sheet).

$75

Product Status: 
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Mexican Papier Maché Bird Mask
SKU: MPM-01

Celaya, Guanajuato, Mexico,
Mid-20th century.
Molded papier maché mask.  Made on traditional clay mask mold.
(8 1/4” h. x 6 1/4” w. x 4 1/4” d.).
Purchased in Mexico c.1985

Inexpensive masks of paper or pasteboard (máscaras de cartón), formed over a pottery mold and then painted, have been made in Mexico for perhaps a century or longer. Máscaras Mexicanas, a book featuring photographs of Mexican masks, was initially published in Mexico City in about 1926, with a prologue by Roberto Montenegro. There are about 20 of these paper mache masks in the book, along with others of wood and pre-Conquest masks made of other materials such as stone. Moya Rubio included a selection of these masks in plate 188, on page 157 ( Máscaras: la Otra Cara, 1986). Notes from  the late Bryan Stevens, 2018

 

$75

Product Status: 
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SKU: hs-sm719a

P.  Caril (Croix des Bouquets, Haiti)
Recycled steel oil-drum (15" x 11")

$48

Product Status: 
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Twins Seven-Seven
SKU: Twin-71

1970
Paint, ink and mixed media on plywood. Framed.
(24" h x 48"w, 608mm h. x 1213mm w.)
Commissioned directly from the artist in 1969 while the owner lived in Nigeria.
Inscription:"The Birds Muscian by Twins Seven-Seven Box 68 Oshogbo 26/6/70"

Price on Request

Product Status: 
Returned to Consignor
SKU: 
MM-0303

Serigraph on paper (9 x 12),
#37/100 1998

Sold
Product Status: 
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