Feb 25, 2010 - Sale 2204

Sale 2204 - Lot 247

Price Realized: $ 1,440
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
(HAITI--TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE.) DABOUZE, ULYSSE & MME CLEMENCE JEAN FELIX. General L'Ouverture. Carved and painted wooden bust, 11 inches high by 7 inches wide, with hand-painted uniform etc; some slight wear and crackling to surface; small sticker on the bottom from the collection of Kurt Fisher in Port au Prince. Jeremie, Haiti, circa 1950
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an exceptional portrait bust of the haitian revolutionary hero, originally in the collection of Kurt Fisher. Fisher emigrated to Haiti shortly after WWII. There he remained for over thirty years, amassing the largest collection of Haitian historical documents, letters, medals, and paintings in the world. The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in New York City has a large portion of the collection.