Andre Pierre (1914-2005) 30"x20" Baron Samedi 1982 Oil on Canvas #13-2-96MFN

This is an original painting signed and painted by the late, famous naive and voodoo painter Andre Pierre. It depicts Baron Samedi ( Loa of the dead) at the cemetery with a top hat, black tailcoat, and dark glasses, as if to resemble a corpse dressed and prepared for burial in the Haitian style. This painting was painted specially for my father, Georges S. Nader's Collection. This stunning masterpiece now belongs to my private collection.  Baron Samedi represents the death side of Ghede (Guede). He talks through his nose, is cynical and jovial, and tells broad jokes. His language is full of the unexpected. His tools are the pick, the hoe, and the spade. He is the power behind the magic that kills. He controls the souls of those who have met death due to magic. When he appears (mounting someone at an invoking ceremony), he wears a pair of dark glasses, from which he knocks out the right lens, for with his right eye, he watches those present, lest anyone steal his food. Of special intere