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<p>[QUOTE="journeymagazine, post: 6958092, member: 84"]I saw this large sculpture at a friend's thrift store Fri. I found a signature at the bottom & found out the artist was a well known Haitian artist named Serge Jolimeau (From Indigo Art Gallery: </p><p>Today he is one of Haiti’s two (along with Bien-Aimé) leading metal sculptors. Jolimeau's work has been exhibited internationally and is published in <u>Where Art is Joy</u> (Rodman, 1988), <u>Forgerons duVodou/ Voodoo Blacksmiths</u> (Foubert, 1990), and A <u>Haitian Celebration: Art and Culture</u> (Stebich, 1992).</p><p><br /></p><p>In 2009, Serge Jolimeau created a commemorative work for the Clinton Global Citizen Awards. His works have been exhibited in Switzerland, Mexico, Germany, the United States and France, in such places as the Abbaye de Daoulas, the Halle Saint-Pierre, the Grand Palais and the Musée du Montparnasse. His work is part of the permanent collections at the Lowe Museum, the Waterloo Museum, the Brooklyn Museum of Art, the Davenport Museum, the Milwaukee Art Museum, Le Centre d’Art, the Musée d’Art Haïtien du Collège Saint-Pierre and the Musée de Panthéon National Haïtien.)</p><p><br /></p><p>I paid $400 but it was such a cool looking piece I don't care if it sells right away!</p><p><br /></p><p>A better deal was a carved skull with a signature/stamp MAO? I paid $10 for.</p><p>Is it MAO or MA w/copyright symbol? Has anyone heard of this artist?</p><p><br /></p><p>Hope you enjoy these!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]421150[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]421152[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]421153[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]421154[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]421155[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]421156[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]421157[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]421158[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]421159[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]421161[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="journeymagazine, post: 6958092, member: 84"]I saw this large sculpture at a friend's thrift store Fri. I found a signature at the bottom & found out the artist was a well known Haitian artist named Serge Jolimeau (From Indigo Art Gallery: Today he is one of Haiti’s two (along with Bien-Aimé) leading metal sculptors. Jolimeau's work has been exhibited internationally and is published in [U]Where Art is Joy[/U] (Rodman, 1988), [U]Forgerons duVodou/ Voodoo Blacksmiths[/U] (Foubert, 1990), and A [U]Haitian Celebration: Art and Culture[/U] (Stebich, 1992). In 2009, Serge Jolimeau created a commemorative work for the Clinton Global Citizen Awards. His works have been exhibited in Switzerland, Mexico, Germany, the United States and France, in such places as the Abbaye de Daoulas, the Halle Saint-Pierre, the Grand Palais and the Musée du Montparnasse. His work is part of the permanent collections at the Lowe Museum, the Waterloo Museum, the Brooklyn Museum of Art, the Davenport Museum, the Milwaukee Art Museum, Le Centre d’Art, the Musée d’Art Haïtien du Collège Saint-Pierre and the Musée de Panthéon National Haïtien.) I paid $400 but it was such a cool looking piece I don't care if it sells right away! A better deal was a carved skull with a signature/stamp MAO? I paid $10 for. Is it MAO or MA w/copyright symbol? Has anyone heard of this artist? Hope you enjoy these! [ATTACH=full]421150[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]421152[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]421153[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]421154[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]421155[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]421156[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]421157[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]421158[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]421159[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]421161[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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