Prefete Duffaut Signed Oil Painting
Prefete Duffaut Signed Oil on canvas board Painting, signature to lower portion of painting reads ‘Prefete Duffaut’, inscription to reverse reads ‘9-60-6 20x 24 JH 10-31-9 KSF’, a city of people by the ocean, measures 27 1/2 x 31 inches, hand carved wooden frame, frame has some scuffs but overall in good condition, some losses to edge of painting, Professionally framed, not examined out of frame, Prefete Duffaut, Haitian artist, Caribbean art, cityscape, decorative frame, Contemporary art, 20th century art, abstract art, wall art, home decor. 11 Duffaut’s paintings present the viewer with scenes from seemingly imaginary worlds, yet rather than entirely surreal dreamscapes, they are built from the many signs and symbols that form the tangible and intangible layers of a place. Drawing upon and mixing histories, myths, ceremonies, cities, people, spirits and symbols – from both Vodou and Catholicism – Duffaut’s paintings depict worlds that he might have inhabited, or those
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Prefete Duffaut Signed Oil on canvas board Painting, signature to lower portion of painting reads ‘Prefete Duffaut’, inscription to reverse reads ‘9-60-6 20x 24 JH 10-31-9 KSF’, a city of people by the ocean, measures 27 1/2 x 31 inches, hand carved wooden frame, frame has some scuffs but overall in good condition, some losses to edge of painting, Professionally framed, not examined out of frame, Prefete Duffaut, Haitian artist, Caribbean art, cityscape, decorative frame, Contemporary art, 20th century art, abstract art, wall art, home decor. 11 Duffaut’s paintings present the viewer with scenes from seemingly imaginary worlds, yet rather than entirely surreal dreamscapes, they are built from the many signs and symbols that form the tangible and intangible layers of a place. Drawing upon and mixing histories, myths, ceremonies, cities, people, spirits and symbols – from both Vodou and Catholicism – Duffaut’s paintings depict worlds that he might have inhabited, or those
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