Préfète Duffaut
Haitian Surrealism Jacmel Harbor Early Work, 1962
Oil on Masonsite
33 × 21 1/2 × 1 in | 83.8 × 54.6 × 2.5 cm
$ 12,500.00
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In 1962, when Margritte was creating some of his most iconic Surrealist works, there was a lesser-known painter in Haiti who was also making some fantastically imaginative paintings that embody...
In 1962, when Margritte was creating some of his most iconic Surrealist
works, there was a lesser-known painter in Haiti who was also making
some fantastically imaginative paintings that embody an original look
and vision. He is Préfète Duffaut, and in the present work, which he
titled " Haiti Imagination", fullfills it's titular description. Here,
he undoes reality and pieces it back together again. As if the subject,
Jacmel Harbor, were a large color photograph, Duffaut cuts out the
center and repositions it, floating it in the sky. Without regard to
traditional Western perspectives, he connects the floating section to
the mountainous mainland via roads and footbridges. A tranquil scene of
sailboats occupies the cutout area below. Locals depicted as small toy
figures are seen going about their daily tasks, dotting the landscape as
if they were out of a Laurence Stephen Lowry painting. Préfète Duffaut
has invented his own style of Haitian surrealism, modernism, and
primitivism mixed all in one and it clearly transcends ordinary reality.
All of his art is instantly recognizable as his own. He is not copying
other artists. He is a self-taught artist and is in the collection of
the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York, among other esteemed
collections. Oil on masonite, signed, dated, and titled lower right.
It's the earlier work of the 1950's and 1960's by Duffaut that is
important and rarer. His later work, which continues to push the limits
of imagination, is more available in the market.
works, there was a lesser-known painter in Haiti who was also making
some fantastically imaginative paintings that embody an original look
and vision. He is Préfète Duffaut, and in the present work, which he
titled " Haiti Imagination", fullfills it's titular description. Here,
he undoes reality and pieces it back together again. As if the subject,
Jacmel Harbor, were a large color photograph, Duffaut cuts out the
center and repositions it, floating it in the sky. Without regard to
traditional Western perspectives, he connects the floating section to
the mountainous mainland via roads and footbridges. A tranquil scene of
sailboats occupies the cutout area below. Locals depicted as small toy
figures are seen going about their daily tasks, dotting the landscape as
if they were out of a Laurence Stephen Lowry painting. Préfète Duffaut
has invented his own style of Haitian surrealism, modernism, and
primitivism mixed all in one and it clearly transcends ordinary reality.
All of his art is instantly recognizable as his own. He is not copying
other artists. He is a self-taught artist and is in the collection of
the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York, among other esteemed
collections. Oil on masonite, signed, dated, and titled lower right.
It's the earlier work of the 1950's and 1960's by Duffaut that is
important and rarer. His later work, which continues to push the limits
of imagination, is more available in the market.