Highland Park • Pittsburgh, PA 15206 • 1-412-661-1498 macondo@verizon.net SINCE 1974 |
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This is Room Z28. A Haitian painting by Frantz Zephirin
For A Biography and Photograph of Zephirin click here. |
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#2345 Frantz Zephirin 48x36" Acrylic on canvas "The Coronation of King Henry Christophe" Painted in 2000. POR This painting was exhibited in Nottingham, England beginning in October 2012. and is illustrated in the show catalog. Kafou: Haiti, Art and Vodou |
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The winged creature on the column behind Christophe is his spirit of power. His serpent's tail symbolizs the division that existed in Haiti at that time with Andre Petion holding power in the South. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Christophe is being crowned by Corneil Bresil. He in turn is crowning Princess Athenais. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The monkey who is sitting on the train of Princess Athenais is her spirit of power. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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