Nicole Smith Collection
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Title
Nicole Smith Collection
Description
Items in this collection came from Nicole Smith, owner of Nicole Gallery in Chicago. Collection contains paintings, religious objects and other items related to Haiti. Smith passed away in 2016.
Source
Nicole Smith, 2016
Identifier
HC300
Collection Items
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Jasmin Joseph, was well known for works that followed Christian themes and centered on biblical subjects. Initially a follower of Vodou, Joseph converted to Protestantism sometime in the 1950s, and created a growing portfolio of paintings with…
The Fishing Season
Due to lack of resources, many families in Haiti use canoes or small paddle boats to fish. However, though the largest sector of the Haitian economy is agriculture, there exists a large potential for a commercial fishing industry due to Haiti’s…
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Portrait of several women sitting, standing facing different directions. They all have their heads covered. There is a boy standing, looking at them, wearing a red shirt and blue shorts
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This piece depicts a group of rural Haitians doing their laundry. There is a man sitting on the beach with towels in his lap. There are two boys standing, watching him.
Princesse de Iles
Painting of a woman wearing a dress. She is wearing a tan colored wrap, holding a bouquet of yellow flowers, and standing in front of the mountains and water.
*Francine Murat Gallery
*Francine Murat Gallery
Old Man with Pipe
The man in the painting carries with him a chicken, bananas, a pipe and sugar cane on his back. Each of these relate to a core aspect of life in rural Haiti.
*Francine Murat Gallery
*Francine Murat Gallery
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