Untitled (The Artist’s House)

Reverend Benjamin Franklin Perkins

1992

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La cueillette (Fruit-Picking), Bernard Faucon, Fresson print
Flag on pink satin with gold sequin background depicts a male Vodou priest (houngan) climbing a tree reaching toward a bottle suspended from a branch; female Vodou priest (mambo) in a in white dress and red head-wrap stands on the ground below the man, holding implements in her hand. The veve, or graphic sign for the "loa" Grand Bois located in lower right; house with steeply sloped roof and additional trees in background. Other ritual objects at base of tree and suspended from branch.
Woman's face with blue eyes, black hair with white spots, and red and white top.
Polychrome (black and blue) in abstract form applied to center of paper