OCTOBER CHARLESTON SC FINE ESTATES
Lot 151:
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Gerard Fortune (Haitian, 1925-2019) Acrylic on Masonite. Untitled, 1960s. Measures 25"x25"x1.50". Weight 5 lbs.Gerard was born near where he spent the rest of his life, in Montagne Noire, above Petionville, Haiti. He worked as a pastry chef at a hotel, before beginning to paint in 1978. Gerards work has been exhibited internationally, is included in the permanent collections of Ramapo College, New Jersey and the Waterloo Museum of Art in Iowa. Fortune paints everything, from Jesus and flowers and the sea. And villages and anything that comes to mind. He is one of the most prolific and collectible painters in modern Haiti, recognized by connoisseurs of Haitian art in North American and Europe and respected by his peers at home.
Condition: good
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