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A black and white photograph of a Malian man in the traditional dress of a storyteller or musician.

A 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
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
  • 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
  • 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
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