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Foundry Workers Installing Jean Jacques Dessalines Statue
Ricmond Barthe1948/1953
Amistad Research Center
New Orleans, United States
According to Barthe's biographer, Dr. Margaret Vendreyes, Haiti's President Dumarsais Estime commissioned the artist to create the 40 foot bronze equestrian statue in 1948. The image was not unveiled, however, until 1953 at Haiti's Place des Héros de l'Indépendence in Port-au-Prince.
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- Title: Foundry Workers Installing Jean Jacques Dessalines Statue
- Creator: Ricmond Barthe
- Creator Death Place: Pasadena, CA
- Creator Birth Place: Bay St. Louis, MS
- Date Created: 1948/1953
- Physical Dimensions: 4 x 6 inches
- Provenance: Port-au-Prince, Haiti
- Medium: Bronze
- Repository: Amistad Research Center
- Collection: Richmond Barthe Collection
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