Representative work by Hervé Télémaque
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Hervé Télémaque

1937–2022 · Haitian-French

Hervé Télémaque developed a sharp pictorial language from comics, consumer imagery, political symbols and fragments of the body. After leaving Haiti for New York and later Paris, he became a key figure in Narrative Figuration.

Painting; collage; assemblage

Major Works

  • 1962–64No Title (The Ugly American)
  • 1963One of 36,000 Marines
  • 1960sConvergence
  • 1962Portrait de famille
  • 1963My Darling Clementine
  • 1967Caca-Soleil!
  • 1960sBanania works
  • 1960sCombine Paintings
  • 1970sTrottoir
  • 2000sLe Présent

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