Gathering to go to a Ceremony, c. 1975. Masonite, 18 x 24 inches

We note the carefully color-coordinated elements of clothing, including the intriguingly mismatched stockings. A special event is clearly in the offing, though whether it is of a secular, religious, or secret society nature is not known to us.

Jean-Baptiste Jean, born April 21, 1953 in Cap Haitien, worked for a year at Cap Haitian's Branche Capois de Centre d'Art with Philome Obin and Sully Obin before formally joining the Centre in 1973.

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