Jean Richard Coachy Bois Caimon Ceremony Oil on Canvas

Coachy, Jean Richard (Haitian, b.1951), Ceremonie au Bois Caiman, c.1980s, oil on canvas, signed lower right, 24 x 36 inches, in a newer black frame 26.75 x 38.5 inches. Provenance: the collection of Selden Rodman, the author of the landmark 1948 book Renaissance in Haiti; the collection of author and historian Marcus Rediker, Pittsburgh, PA. The Haitian Revolution began on August 14th, 1791, when Dutty Boukman presided over a Vodou ceremony that came to be known as Bois Caiman.
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