Gran'n Brigitte and Baron Samedi
Gérard Valcin, Haitian, 1924 - 1988
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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