Le Grand Chasseur (Hunting Scene)

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Le Grand Chasseur (Hunting Scene)
Le Grand Chasseur (Hunting Scene)
Artist/Maker (Haitian, 1893 - 1977)
Datemid 1950s
MediumOil on masonite
DimensionsComposition: 20 × 23 in. (50.8 × 58.4 cm) Frame: 24 1/8 × 27 1/8 × 1 3/8 in. (61.3 × 68.9 × 3.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Richard F. Plotka, Class of 1956
Object number1981.14
On view
DescriptionTwo women carrying vaious objects encounter a man ith a rifle and his dog on a path, with trees on the sides
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Exhibition History 2024-2025
Clinton, NY. The Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College. "Menagerie: Animals in Art from the Wellin Museum," September 7, 2024 –June 8, 2025 (no cat.).

1985
Clinton, NY (Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College, Gallery II). July 9 - September 8, 1985 (no cat.).
Provenance 1981: Hamilton College (Root Art Center), by gift of Richard F. Plotka.
Signature LR: "Seneqe Obin Cap Haitien"
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Interior
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