P2001.34: Untitled (studio portrait, Malian griot)
PhotographsA photograph shows a Malian man standing on a patterned floor in front of a plain light-colored background. He is facing to the left in three-quarter profile. On his head is a pointed crown, he wears a three-quarter length tunic covered with tassels and beads. His trousers are patterned with thick black lines just below his knee, black lines run down both sides of his legs to the hem of his trousers, intersected by three thick light-colored lines. He is holding a fan with a long handle decorated with bands of geometric designs.
Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- P2001.34
- People
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Malick Sidibé, African (Soloba, Mali 1935 - 2016 Bamako, Mali)
- Title
- Untitled (studio portrait, Malian griot)
- Classification
- Photographs
- Work Type
- photograph
- Date
- 1986
- Places
- Creation Place: Africa, Mali, Bamako
- Culture
- Malian
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/166188
Physical Descriptions
- Technique
- Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions
- sheet: 12.7 x 8.9 cm (5 x 3 1/2 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Signed: yes: verso, l.c. in black ink: Malick Sidibé
- inscription: yes, verso, lower center, black ink, signed, in artist's hand: Malick Sidibé
- inscription: verso, bottom right, black ink, in artist's hand: 1986
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stamp: verso, lower center, black ink: STUDIO MALICK
BAGADADJI
RUE 508 BP: 455
PORTE: No 632 BKO
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Anonymous Gift in honor of Michelle Lamunière
- Copyright
- © Malick Sidibé
- Accession Year
- 2001
- Object Number
- P2001.34
- Division
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- Contact
- am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Exhibition History
Verification Level
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