André Pierre Haitian, 1916-2005
Roi du Vodoun | Vodou Royalty, c. 1978
Oil on masonite
27 7/8 x 27 7/8 inches
Inscribed on painting: 'Maitre Simbi troyle Bounda': 'M E. Dtor': 'Les Sept baguettes Assotor'. Simbi is a fresh water divinity associated with healing and leaves. Metres Ezili Dando is the...
Inscribed on painting: "Maitre Simbi troyle Bounda": "M E. Dtor": "Les Sept baguettes Assotor". Simbi is a fresh water divinity associated with healing and leaves. Metres Ezili Dando is the protective mother-warrior spirit. Here she wears her veve on the front of her blue dress. Ti-Jean Danto is a trickster associated with Ezili Danto.
Provenance
Former Jonathan Demme CollectionExhibitions
Island on Fire (1997), Equitable Life Building, New York, NY
Allegories of Haitian Life (2006) - From the Collection of Jonathan Demme, Bass Museum, Miami Beach
Publications
Island on Fire, page 175, plate 126Allegories of Haitian Life (2006) - Bass Museum, page 41