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Maker LaFortune Felix

Date1985

MediumOil on masonite

Dimensions20” x 20”

SignedLower right: LaFortune Felix St. Marc 85

Credit LineGift of Mitchell and Loretta Chipin

Object numberCAR2007.02.CHI

DescriptionA kneeling figure looks directly at the viewer while working on the assembly of a large cross. He holds an enormous metal spike in his hand and another spike lies on the ground in front of him. A saw lies behind him. The figure wears a golden cap and has blond ringlets. His construction is done on a blue foreground. The background is a dense filed of orange and yellow flowers with large leaves.

ClassificationsPaintings

Collections

Longyear Museum of Anthropology Collections

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