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Fête du Morts

Hector Hyppolite · 1946

Hector Hyppolite: Haitian, 1894 - 1948

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Fête du Morts — Hector Hyppolite, 1946

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Fête du Morts

1946

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61 × 61 cm
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Hector Hyppolite Fair Use (WikiArt)

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Haitian religious imagery and Vodou cultural authority, read in the context of Hyppolite’s artistic agency and the colonial hierarchies through which European audiences received his work.

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Hector Hyppolite Fair Use (WikiArt). Full-frame resize and JPEG compression. Source label retained; no independent clearance claimed.