19 - Claude Phanord | Haitian

Claude Phanord | Haitian The Village Well, Cap-Haïtien, c. 1980's Oil on Canvas Signed: Signed and inscribed ‘Claude Phanord Cap-Haïtien’ (lower right). Dimensions: Framed: 38 × 48 cm | 15 × 18.9 in Artwork: 31 × 41 cm | 12.2 × 16.1 in Provenance: Acquired in France. Private Collection, Spain. Condition: Oil on canvas, unlined, on its original stretcher. The paint layer is stable and clean, with no losses observed. Presented in a plain wooden frame. Please contact us to request a detailed Condition Report. Conditions of Sale: All lots are sold as is, in the condition described. The condition summary is given as a courtesy; a full condition report is available on request before the sale. Attributions are governed by our Terms and Conditions. All enquiries must be made before bidding; no further information can be provided after the sale. By placing a bid you confirm that you have read and accept our Terms and Conditions in full, as set out in the terms of this sale. Shipping: Aurora & Athena coordinates professional, insured shipping for every purchase through vetted logistics partners: packing, transport, insurance and the export paperwork are arranged on the buyer's behalf and charged at the provider's cost. Buyers are equally welcome to collect in Barcelona or to appoint a carrier of their own. Lots are released once the total purchase price has been received. For shipments outside the EU an export licence may be required and Spanish export duties may apply to certain higher-value works; these are the buyer's responsibility. No export tax applies within the EU. Full shipping and export information is available on request. -- A village morning on the outskirts of Cap-Haïtien: a woman in green draws water at the stone well, another passes with an enamel basin on her head, a vendor sits by her bowl of fruit, a man carries a basket, and neighbours come and go between the yellow house with green shutters, the pink house up the lane and the blue door of a thatched hut on the right. Palms and breadfruit trees close the scene under a clear sky. The painting belongs to the school of Cap-Haïtien, the northern Haitian town whose painters, following Philomé Obin, recorded the daily life of the streets and villages with careful drawing, flat clear colour and an even, shadowless light. Every figure has its task and every house its colour; the composition is as orderly as the village it shows. Signed and inscribed with the town, as the Cap-Haïtien painters usually did.