Lot 36
36
HECTOR HYPPOLITE

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HECTOR HYPPOLITE

Monument Dumarsais Estime

signed H. Hyppolite lower right and inscribed Dumarsais Estime President d'Haiti L'Union Fait la Force lower center--inscribed with title and numbered 26 and 51 on the reverse--oil on masonite
29¾ x 22 7/8in. (73 x 58cm.)
Literature
U. Stebich, Haitian Art, The Brooklyn Museum, Harry N. Abrams, New York, 1978, p.40, (ilustrated)
S. Rodman, Rennaissance in Haiti, Pellegrini and Cudahy, New York, 1948, p. 64 (illustrated)
Exhibited
New York, New York Cultural Center, American Federation of Arts, Haitian Painting: The Naive Tradition, Nov.-Dec., 1973, no. 28. This exhibition later traveled throughout the United States, Canada and Haiti.

Lot Essay

The sabers and the royal palm are symbols for the Marassa and Ogou, respectively. In this painting they are used as an allegory of the motto "La union fait la force"
This painiting is sold with a certificate of authenticity from the Centre d'Art d'Haiti, Port-au-Prince

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