Provenance
Centre d’Art, Port-au-Prince; purchased 1961 by Rev. Newton Carlyle Spitz, Jr. [1931-2003];[1] (sale, Bonhams-Skinner,
Boston, Lot 16, November 17, 2022); Kay and Roderick Heller; gift 2023 to NGA.
[1] Inscription on the reverse reads N.C. SPITZ/PURCHASED/CENTRE D'ART/1961. Spitz was an Episcopalian priest from New York who served at Holy Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Port-au-Prince and was Director of the Centre d'Entrainement at Montrouis, Haiti.
Accession Number
2023.44.2
Medium
paint on fiberboard
Dimensions
image: 75.57 × 60.96 cm (29 3/4 × 24 in.)
Classification
Painting
Credit Line
Gift of Kay and Roderick Heller