Dondon from The Life of Toussaint L’Ouverture by Jacob Lawrence, Lou Stovall https://www.nga.gov/artworks/228245-dondon-life-toussaint-louverture
"Dondon" lower center margin, graphite, artist’s hand. "63/124" lower left margin
"Dondon" lower center margin, graphite, artist’s hand. "63/124" lower left margin
; in later hand, lower left: #63; in later hand, upper center verso in graphite:
photolithograph on newsprint paper, printed on both sides and folded three times, with hand-torn
Inscriptions & Marks Inscriptions on verso, by unknown hand, lower center in blue
2024–April 6, 2025 Inscriptions & Marks Inscriptions on verso, by unknown hand
Ellison Hoover; upper left verso in graphite by unknown hand: Sold – Dave Williams
.; lower right in graphite: Ed Ruscha 2006; in unknown hand, lower right verso in
Although called a nativity, this painting lacks the manger, ox, and ass traditionally found in scenes of Christ’s birth. It would be better interpreted as a mystical adoration of saints.
He holds a tall staff in one hand and points at Mary with the index finger of the
rich panel was originally the left side of a diptych, which, along with a right-hand
The hand farther from us is drawn across the chest and tucked under the arm closer
In her right hand, to our left, she holds a single pink carnation in front of her