Joseph Oldof Pierre Sold at Auction Prices

b. 1955 - d. 1994

Oldof was born 1955, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Oldof followed in the footsteps of his father as a practitioner of Vodou. According to Tina Girouard, he determined to become a houngan after being cured of a series of illnesses by his father's treatments. He actively pursued the sequin art from 1980, the year of his father's death, until his own untimely death in 1994. Like many collectors, we first met Oldof selling his work outside the Museé d'Art Haitien in Port-au Prince. His work is published in Sequin Artists of Haiti (Girouard, 1994) and Sacred Arts of Haitian Vodou (Cosentino, 1995). (Biographical information adapted from Tina Girouard's Sequin Artists of Haiti )

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  • Joseph Oldof Pierre Haitian Baron Samedi, Drapeau/Vodou Flag
    Jul. 15, 2017

    Joseph Oldof Pierre Haitian Baron Samedi, Drapeau/Vodou Flag

    Est: $600 - $800

    Josep Oldof Pierre (Port-au-Prince, Haiti 1955 - 1994), Baron Samedi, Sequins and beads on fabric, 28 x 39 inches. Lot essay: Artist Reference: Donald Cosentino ed., Sacred Arts of Haitian Vodou, UCLA Fowler Museum, 1995 (pp 370-72). Select Artist Exhibitions: Sacred Arts of Haitian Vodou: Fowler, UCLA; Miami's Center for Fine Arts; Field Museum, Chicago; National Museum of Natural History, DC; New Orleans Museum of Art. Flags and banners known as "Drapo" or "Drapeau" are an art long associated with Haitian Vodou (formerly spelled Voodoo in English). Vodou Drapo are traditionally specific to a particular lwa (spirit). Some contemporary "Drapo" create narrative scenes, while others reference current or historical events.

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