Snakes | Indigo Arts

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Snakes

The Sacred paths of the First World

The Sacred Paths of the First World

SKU: JBS-2301

José Benitez Sanchez

Nayarit, Mexico, c. 2000
Yarn pressed into beeswax on plywood
(24" x 24").

Provenance: private collection, Arizona.

$4900

Snake Woman Vodou Flag

Ayida Wedo/Snake Woman - Vodou Flag

SKU: BV-1601

Andremise Brianville Valris

Brianville Valris (Port-au-Prince, Haiti)
Sequins and beads on fabric (42 x 35), c.2010
This flag is extremely densely beaded and sequinned (and thus extremely heavy), in the manner of the artists Constant and Simeon.
This flag is being sold by Judy Hoffman for the benefit of the Art Creation Foundation for Children, which she founded in Jacmel, Haiti.

Provenance:

Judy Hoffman - Art Creation Foundation for Children

$3000

Damballa

Damballa

SKU: THI-2002

Thialy (Ermistral Charles)

Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Oil on Canvas (36" x 24"), 1989.
Ex. collection of Carlos Jara.

$1800

"Dambalah Haida Wedo" Beaded Drapo

"Dambalah Haida Wedo" Beaded Drapo

SKU: RA-1407

Dambalah Haida Wedo Beaded Drapo
Roudy Azor (Port-au-Prince, Haiti)
Sequins and beads on fabric (25" x 20"),
c. 2013
The flag is extremely densely beaded and sequinned (and thus extremely heavy), in the manner of the artists Constant and Simeon.

$1400

Dambalah Wouedo - Vodou Flag

Dambalah Wouedo - Vodou Flag

SKU: YT-2304

Yves Telemak (Telemac or Telemaque)

"Dambalah Wouedo" - Vodou Flag
Sequins and beads on fabric
(41" x 34"), 1999
This flag is being sold by Judy Hoffman for the benefit of the Art Creation Foundation for Children, which she founded in Jacmel, Haiti.

Provenance:

Judy Hoffman - Art Creation Foundation for Children

$1250

Dambala - Vodou flag

Dambala - Vodou flag

SKU: LFL-2302

Fils Lafleur (Port-au-Prince, Haiti)
Beads on fabric (36.75” x 30”)
c.2005
This flag is being sold by Judy Hoffman for the benefit of the Art Creation Foundation for Children, which she founded in Jacmel, Haiti.

Provenance:

Judy Hoffman - Art Creation Foundation for Children

$950

Dos Viboras - Nierika Yarn Painting

Dos Viboras - Nierika Yarn Painting

SKU: CPR-2403

Cresencio Perez Robles

Vintage Huichol yarn painting c.1970's. Yarn pressed into beeswax on plywood (24" x 24"). From a private collection.

This 24 X 24 yarn painting is by master artist Cresencio Perez Robles. Perez's work was included in book Art of the Huichol Indians, which accompanied an exhibition of Huichol Indian Art, organized by the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. The exhibition traveled from San Francisco in 1978 to Chicago and New York. It was this show and the accompanying catalogue that first introduced Huichol yarn painting to the general public. Cresencio Perez Robles work was also featured in the exhibit Living Traditions Mexican Popular Arts in 1992 at the University Art Museum at Albany State University of New York and the accompanying book of the same title. This picture was made in the 1970's of wool yarn pressed onto wax spread on a wooden board. Today yarn paintings are made of acrylic yarn. On the back the artist wrote the meaning of the piece in both Huichol and in Spanish. It is signed by the artist, with a stamp from the Instituto Nacional Indigenista, in Mexico.

$950

Dambala and Erzulie Vodou Flag

Dambala and Erzulie Vodou Flag

SKU: LFL-1601

Fils Lafleur (Port-au-Prince, Haiti)
Beads on fabric (35 3/4" x 30 1/4")
c.2005
This flag is being sold by Judy Hoffman for the benefit of the Art Creation Foundation for Children, which she founded in Jacmel, Haiti.

Provenance:

Judy Hoffman - Art Creation Foundation for Children

$900

Erzulie and Damballa - Vodou Flag

Erzulie and Damballa - Vodou Flag

SKU: JBF-349

Sequins and beads on fabric
(36" x 27") c.1996

Ex. Collection of Dr. Jacques Bartoli.

Provenance:

Dr. Jacques Bartoli Collection

$850

Esprit de Serpent avec Lunettes (Snake-spirit with glasses)

Esprit de Serpent avec Lunettes (Snake-spirit with glasses)

SKU: GF-1901

Gérard Fortuné

Gerard Fortuné (Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 1924-2019)
Oil on board (24"x 32"), c.1984.

$850

Fon Gelede Mask Surmounted by Snake in Jar

Fon Gelede Mask Surmounted by Woman Carrying Snake in Jar

SKU: AFM-2002

Fon, Benin, late 20th century
Wood with red, green, yellow, black, white oil paints, nylon string (18"h. x 6 1/2"w. x 8" d.). Snake in pot is operable by pulling string.
Ex. collection of Nancy Josephson. Purchased by collector in Benin, c.2000.

Provenance:

Nancy Josephson Collection

$850

Dambalah Wedo - Vodou flag

Dambalah Wedo - Vodou flag

SKU: CBA-2201

Clotaire Bazile

Sequins and beads on fabric (18" x 16"),
c.1980's/1990's. Signature "CB" at bottom, front.

Provenance: from private collection.

$850

Ceremonie for Damballa - Vodou flag

Ceremonie for Damballa - Vodou flag

SKU: JBF-218

Sequins and beads on fabric
(31" x 24") c.2000

Ex. Collection of Dr. Jacques Bartoli.

Provenance:

Dr. Jacques Bartoli Collection

$750

Damballa Vodou Banner

Damballa Vodou Banner

SKU: MS/D1202

(Port-au-Prince)
Sequins and beads on fabric
(31 1/2 x 24) c.2009

Ex. collection of the late Marilyn Houlberg.

Provenance:

Marilyn Houlberg Collection

$ 750

Metresse & Damballa - Vodou Flag

Metresse & Damballa - Vodou Flag

SKU: JBF-315

Haitian Flag Artists

Menos
Sequins and beads on fabric
(27.5" x 28.5") c.2010

Ex. Collection of Dr. Jacques Bartoli.

Provenance:

Dr. Jacques Bartoli Collection

$675

Erzulie and Damballa - Vodou Flag

Erzulie and Damballa - Vodou Flag

SKU: JBF-236

Haitian Flag Artists

School of Geffrard and Gisnold

Sequins and beads on fabric
(31" x 30"), c. 2010.

Ex. Collection of Dr. Jacques Bartoli.

Provenance:

Dr. Jacques Bartoli Collection

$675

Dambala & Erzulie - Vodou Flag

Dambala & Erzulie - Vodou Flag

SKU: JBF-253

School of Geffrard and Gisnold

Haitian Flag Artists

Sequins and beads on fabric
(30.5" x 27.5"), c. 2010.

Ex. Collection of Dr. Jacques Bartoli.

Provenance:

Dr. Jacques Bartoli Collection

$675

Dambala - Vodou Flag

Dambala - Vodou Flag

SKU: JBF-243

Haitian Flag Artists

Signed "MR", Port-au-Prince
Sequins and beads on fabric
(23" x 28") c.2010

Ex. Collection of Dr. Jacques Bartoli.

Provenance:

Dr. Jacques Bartoli Collection

$625

Gerard Fortuné - Mambo with Snakes (Ceremonie #6)

Mambo with Snakes (Ceremonie #6)

SKU: GF-1406

Gérard Fortuné

(Port-au-Prince)
Oil on canvas (20" x 16"), c.2010

$575

Dambalah Ouedo- Vodou Flag

Dambalah Ouedo- Vodou Flag

SKU: RORO-2007

Roland Rockville

Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
Beads and sequins on fabric, with clear plastic covering on chromolithograph print of face.
(16" x 15 1/2”), c.2005.
Ex. collection of Nancy Josephson.
The flag is published in the book Spirits in Sequins: Vodou Flags of Haiti by Nancy Josephson (p. 25). She writes "In this small 14" x 14" flag, Rockville needed to use the chromolithograph to show the face of the saint. Note the use of French curves in the border. This is one of Rockville's trademarks."

Provenance:

Nancy Josephson Collection

$550

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