Un bucheron (A lumberjack), 1945

Obin, Philome (Haitian, 1892 - 1986)

Oil on Cardboard 45.7 cm x 50.8 cm This painting is inspired by Toussaint Louverture's speech on his departure from Saint-Domingue to be imprisioned in France. "By tearing me away from my country only the trunk of freedom has been cut: the tree will grow quickly again because it's roots are deep and vigorous" Illustrated in Peintres Haitiens by Gerald Alexis, page 43, plate 33.

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Un bucheron (A lumberjack), 1945