Marvelous Large 1940s Haitian Folk Art Painting of Funeral Procession pumpkins There's some loss to the

There's some loss to the ring of black paint around this fabulous bather

which feel great to wrap one's hands around

I believe this unusual mid-century Bitossi ceramic vessel once had a stopper and was made to function as a decanter--and a fabulous one I think it would make

This is a beautiful antique hardwood portable ink bottle

From what I have been able to learn

Marvelous Large 1940s Haitian Folk Art Painting of Funeral Procession pumpkins There's some loss to theI really really love this painting, which I found in Maine but is definitely Haitian, c. 1940s I believe just around the time that Haitian art emerged on the international art scene, in significant part due to the establishment of Le Centre dArt by American artist DeWitt Peters, which supported and promoted the work of Haitian artists, including the phenomenal Hector Hyppolite. This painting is signed H. Besamours and portrays a crowd emerging from a