1115877

ORIG PAINTING HAITI CARD READING CEREMONY #1115877

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ORIG PAINTING HAITI CARD READING CEREMONY #1115877
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AN ORIGINAL PAINTING FROM HAITI OF A CARD READING CEREMONY</em></td>
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AN ORIGINAL PAINTING FROM HAITI OF A CARD READING CEREMONY<P>
A detailed and finely done Haitian painting depicting a large group of people celebrating in the midst of a card reading ceremony, one of the practices associated with Haitian voodoo. It seems the entire village turns out to participate in the card reading with dance, song, music and flag-waving among the trees. The shape of the trees, the dark and distant background mountains, and the movement, fervor and excitement of the villagers all evoke an almost primitive mystical feeling in the viewer. In the background one can see two cottages before the distant mountains under a sunset-colored sky. <p>
Brilliantly colored in a broad spectrum of reds, blues, yellows and greens in classic Haitian style, the painting is in excellent condition and signed at lower left by the artist, 'D. Rouanez'. It is painted on board and framed in attractive dark-stained tropical hardwood with a burlap matting. Dimensions are 23 inches in height by 31.5 inches in width overall.
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<tr><td>Condition:Excellent</td></tr>
<tr><td>Year:Late 20th century</td></tr>
<tr><td>Country:HAITI</td></tr>

<tr><td>Height:23</td></tr>

<tr><td>Width:31.5</td></tr>

<tr><td>Title:ORIG PAINTING HAITI CARD READING CEREMONY</td></tr>

<tr><td>Materials:Oils on board</td></tr>

<tr><td>Location:Miami, Florida</td></tr>
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