Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
Sequins, beads and plexiglass mirror on fabric.
(38 1/4” x 35”), c.2005.
Ex. collection of Nancy Josephson.
The flag is published in the book Spirits in Sequins: Vodou Flags of Haiti by Nancy Josephson (p. 104). She writes: "Here Roro uses other elements, including mirrors, to work out his vevé-like iconography."
Evelyn Alcide (Port-au-Prince, Haiti)
Sequins and beads on fabric (31 1/2 x 25 1/4), c.2010
This flag is extremely densely beaded and sequinned (and thus extremely heavy), in the manner of the artists Constant and Simeon.
This flag is being sold by Judy Hoffman for the benefit of the Art Creation Foundation for Children, which she founded in Jacmel, Haiti.
Wood sculpture (32” h. x 10” w. x 13”d.)
c. 1969-70
Signed by artist on bottom.
Purchased from artist in Port-au-Prince in December, 1970. To current owners by descent.
"Dambalah Wouedo" - Vodou Flag
Sequins and beads on fabric
(41" x 34"), 1999
This flag is being sold by Judy Hoffman for the benefit of the Art Creation Foundation for Children, which she founded in Jacmel, Haiti.
Fils Lafleur (Port-au-Prince, Haiti)
Beads on fabric (35 3/4" x 30 1/4")
c.2005
This flag is being sold by Judy Hoffman for the benefit of the Art Creation Foundation for Children, which she founded in Jacmel, Haiti.
Vintage Huichol yarn painting c.1970's. Yarn pressed into beeswax on plywood (24" x 24"). From a private collection. This 24 X 24 yarn painting is by master artist Cresencio Perez Robles. Perez's work was included in book Art of the Huichol Indians, which accompanied an exhibition of Huichol Indian Art, organized by the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. The exhibition traveled from San Francisco in 1978 to Chicago and New York. It was this show and the accompanying catalogue that first introduced Huichol yarn painting to the general public. Cresencio Perez Robles work was also featured in the exhibit Living Traditions Mexican Popular Arts in 1992 at the University Art Museum at Albany State University of New York and the accompanying book of the same title. This picture was made in the 1970's of wool yarn pressed onto wax spread on a wooden board. Today yarn paintings are made of acrylic yarn. On the back the artist wrote the meaning of the piece in both Huichol and in Spanish. It is signed by the artist, with a stamp from the Instituto Nacional Indigenista, in Mexico.
Fon, Benin, late 20th century
Wood with red, green, yellow, black, white oil paints, nylon string (18"h. x 6 1/2"w. x 8" d.). Snake in pot is operable by pulling string.
Ex. collection of Nancy Josephson. Purchased by collector in Benin, c.2000.
