St. Jacques - Vodou Flag

Indigo Arts' Philadelphia gallery space will be closed during the month of April as I move upstairs to a new space on the fourth floor of the Crane Building. I hope to be up and running again in May, on a "by appointment or by chance" basis. Meanwhile, the Indigo Arts online gallery will be operating as usual, though shipments may be delayed a bit. Please feel free to contact me with any questions in the mean time.

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Tony

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SKU: EJL-1601

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.

Edgar Jean Louis

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.

Haiti

Provenance:

Judy Hoffman - Art Creation Foundation for Children

$650

Product Status:

Sold