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Prestige Collection: Modern & Impressionist

Wed, May 4, 2022 05:30PM EDT
Lot 183

Colette Bresilla: Hattian Village

Estimate: $300 - $500

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Colette Bresilla (Hattian, 20th Century): Hattian Village. Acrylic on canvas. Framed.
Colette Bresilla is a Haitian-born painter, textile designer, and sculptor who studied at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston MA, where she lives and works. Bresilla is a believer in the arts as a form of transformative healing and considers herself a cultural worker for social change. Indeed, she views her role as an artist as that of a shawl, or spiritual vessel, as it is known in Haiti.

15.25 x 19.24 inches framed; 14 x 18 inches canvas.

Private collection, Boston.

Condition

Good condition with light surface abrasions around the edges of the canvas.

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