Village Wedding / Georges Auguste

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Accession Number: 2011/2.185
Title: Village Wedding
Artist: Georges Auguste
Artist Nationality: Haitian
Artist Life Dates: Haitian, born 1933
Medium and Support: oil on canvas
Object Creation Date: 1950-2000
Credit Line: Gift of Dr. James L. Curtis
Dimensions: 58.42 cm x 68.58 cm (23 in. x 27 in.)
Century: 20th century
Primary Object Classification: Painting
Primary Object Type: figures on landscape
Physical Description: A wedding party on horseback leaves a village while a crowd watches.
Primary Keywords: horseback riders; oil painting; village; wedding
Secondary Keywords: scale; buildings and the land; ceremonies; cultural ceremonies; descriptors; events; image-making processes and techniques; painting and painting techniques; painting techniques; painting techniques by medium; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by activity; processes and techniques; processes and techniques by specific type; rites of passage; settlements; settlements and landscapes; settlements by form
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Collection: University of Michigan Museum of Art
Image Size: 2593 x 2177
File Size: 756 KB
Record: 2011/2.185
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2011-sl-2.185/2011_2_185.jpg

In public portfolios: 0 - Elizabeth Harlow, f16 - Modern Love (58); All objects from South America, Central America, Mexico, and the Caribbean (344); Caribbean Objects (89); Folk, self-taught, amateur, and visionary art (115); Love (108); Marriage (113); The crowd (173); Understanding race (35); Understanding Race Theme Semester CRC Winter 2013 (27)

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Full citation: "Village Wedding; Georges Auguste." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2011-sl-2.185/2011_2_185.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 23, 2024.