Annunciation
1958
Artist, Haitian, 1911 - 1986
Artwork overview
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Medium
paint on fiberboard
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 75.57 × 60.96 cm (29 3/4 × 24 in.)
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Accession
2023.44.2
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Artwork history & notes
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.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
lower right: R. Benoit / 31/1/58
reverse, in another hand: N.C. SPITZ/PURCHASED/CENTRE D'ART/1961