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EMIL HESS MODERNIST HORSE RACE MIXED MEDIA c. 1950

Catalogue: Fine Art: Mixed Media: Pre 1960   item# 961813 (stock# HessHorse)

EMIL HESS MODERNIST HORSE RACE MIXED MEDIA c. 1950
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Shelton Gallery and Fine Silver
(615) 477-6221


$1650 

Emil John Hess (American, b. 1913-d. 2003)painted this wonderful Modernist pen, ink & watercolor mixed media depiction of a horse race. Well known for genre scenes of New York City, where he lived and worked primarily, Ringling Brothers & Barnum & Bailey circus, off track betting parlors, famous race horses and modern metal sculpture. Hess studied at Duquesne University 1938-1939, Art Institute of Pittburgh 1946-1949, Brooklyn Museum Art School 1950-1951, and New York University 1959 ...click for details


SIGNED VINTAGE HAITIAN SPIRIT (VOODOO) FLAG

Catalogue: Fine Art: Mixed Media: Pre 2000   item# 548823 (stock# HaitianStJ)

SIGNED VINTAGE HAITIAN SPIRIT (VOODOO) FLAG
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Shelton Gallery and Fine Silver
(615) 477-6221


$350 

This wonderful signed vintage Haitian spirit flag depicts Ogou, the warrior spirit of justice who appears in the guise of the Catholic Saint James. Dimensions are 30 inches by 31 inches. Haitian spirits or loa are intermediaries between humans and the realm of the spirit. They work magic for people, “mount” or possess their worshippers like horses and “ride” them into the night at special ceremonies. The "veve", or delicate ritual drawings that evoke and invoke the spirits, are drawn i ...click for details

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