Gran'n Brigitte and Baron Samedi

Gérard Valcin, Haitian, 1924 - 1988

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1985

Acrylic on canvas

Canvas: 24 15/16 × 30 in. (63.3 × 76.2 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Robert J. Strasenburgh II 1942 Fund

2020.28.10

Geography

Place Made: Haiti, Central America

Period

20th century

Object Name

Painting

Research Area

Painting

Not on view

Inscriptions

Signed, lower right, in black and red paint: Gerard Valcin / 85

Course History

Art History 20.04, Faith and Empire, Beth Mattison, Spring 2023

Spanish 60.04, Caribbean Afrodecendancies, Magdalena Lopez, Spring 2023

Religion 17.01, African and African American Studies 83.05, African Religions in the Americas, Eugenia Rainey, Spring 2024

Provenance

First Universalist Society of Hartland Vermont, Hartland, Vermont; sold to present collection, 2020.

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