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Snakes

Gerard Fortuné
SKU: GF-1407

(Port-au-Prince)
Oil on canvas (23 1/2" x 15 1/4"), Framed.
c.2010

$750 Framed

La Sirene and Damballa Vodou Banner
SKU: MD-1501

(Port-au-Prince)
Sequins and beads on fabric (19 1/2" x 21 1/2"),
c.2014
This flag is extremely densely beaded and sequinned (and thus extremely heavy), in the manner of the artists Constant and Simeon.

$750

Gerard Fortuné - Mambo with Snakes (Ceremonie #6)
SKU: GF-1406

(Port-au-Prince)
Oil on canvas (20" x 16"), c.2010

$675

Metresse & Damballa - Vodou Flag
SKU: JBF-315

Menos
Sequins and beads on fabric
(27.5" x 28.5") c.2010

Ex. Collection of Dr. Jacques Bartoli.

$675

Erzulie and Damballa - Vodou Flag
SKU: JBF-236

Sequins and beads on fabric
(31" x 30"), c. 2010.

Ex. Collection of Dr. Jacques Bartoli.

$675

Dambala & Erzulie - Vodou Flag
SKU: JBF-253

Sequins and beads on fabric
(30.5" x 27.5"), c. 2010.

Ex. Collection of Dr. Jacques Bartoli.

$675

 The Snake Goddess Manasa - Mithila painting
SKU: MTP-1706

Undetermined artist - Madhubani, Bihar, India
c.1976
Ink and paint on paper
(22" h. x 30" w. )

$650

The Shaman, the Snake and the Lake
SKU: HC-1508

Huichol yarn painting by anonymous Huichol Artist in the style of Ramon Medina Silva.  Actual authorship unclear.
Nayarit, Mexico, c. 1970
Yarn pressed into beeswax on plywood
(16 1/2" x 20 1/4")

From a private collection.  Originally purchased in the 1970s from the Mexican Art Annex on 56th St., New York.  The store was owned by Annie Felshin O'Neill, who led collecting trips to Mexico for Nelson Rockefeller.  After Rockefeller's death she was in charge of putting his huge folk art collection into two museums - in San Francisco and San Antonio.

 

$575 (Framed)

The Kingdom of Birds
SKU: TF-2302

Oshogbo, Nigeria, c.2007
Hammered aluminum relief
(20" h. x 16” w).

$550

Bosou - Vodou Flag
SKU: ANN-1701

Artist unknown, Port-au-Prince, Haiti.  Sequins and beads on fabric.
(28 3/4" x 30") c.2005.
Note:  several sequins missing.  See photos.

 

$550

Lady Tarzan
SKU: BFW-2102

Mr. Brew, Ghana.  Video Movie poster.
c. 2000's
Acrylic paint on cotton flour sack (47" h. x 42"w.).

$475

One-horned "Djab" carnival mask
SKU: HMSK-63

Unknown artist. Jacmel, Haiti.
Painted papier maché and cow-horn (24 1/2" h. x 22 1/2” w. x 11” d.) c. 1989.
Ex. collection of Rudi Stern.

Note: this is a vintage piece collected over thirty years ago, and displayed by the collector.  Some wear and chipping of paint is to be expected.

$425

Dambalah - Vodou Flag
SKU: AC-1501

 Evelyn Alcide (Port-au-Prince, Haiti)
Sequins and beads on fabric (15 1/2" x 18 1/2"),
c.2005
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.

 

$395

Lizard, Snake and Chameleon
SKU: ANVG-2401

Warli people, Maharashtra, India. c.2023
White acrylic paint and indigo in clay pigment painted on cotton fabric.
(16.25” x 9.5” on 18.75” x 12.25” sheet)

$325

Adam and Eve
SKU: GBRD-2001

By Gerald Bernado, Croix des Bouquets, Haiti.  c.2005
Steel from recycled steel oil-drums (17 1/2" x 11 1/2” x 7 1/2”)

$275

A Cobra Mamadora (The Nursing Snake)
SKU: ABRA-6

Abraão Batista (Juareiro do Norte, Ceara, Brazil)
Woodcut print on paper (image 13" x 21"), #5/50, 1985

$250

Erzulie and Damballa - Vodou Flag
SKU: SD-2501

By artist S.D., Haiti.
Sequins and beads on fabric 17" x 17"), c.1995 - 2000
Note:  Acquired by current owner between 1995 and 2000. Proceeds from sale to be applied to the benefit of the Haitian non-profit organization Fonkoze.

$225

"Dambala" Vodou Bottle
SKU: BTL-16

Sequins and beads on fabric on glass bottle.  Signed "Valri".
(+/- 3 1/2" x 12.25"), c.2005.
From collection of Judy Hoffman.

$225

Lord Shiva and Disciple with Snake, Bird and Scorpions
SKU: SHD-2003

Shagun Devi -  Baiga people, Madhya Pradesh State, India
2019/2020
Acrylic on paper
(10" h. x 14" w. )

$225

'Naag-kanya' serpent goddess
SKU: SHLK-2204

Madhubani, Bihar, India
2021
Ink and acrylic on paper
13 3/4" x 10 1/2” sheet (35 x 27cm)

$210