Seydou Keïta - Photographs from the Martin Z. Margulies Foundation Part II New York Wednesday, October 9, 2024 | Phillips
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  • Description

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  • Provenance

    Paul Morris Gallery, New York

  • Exhibited

    Through You: Photography Selections from the Martin Z. Margulies Collection, Charles Addams Fine Arts Gallery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 4 September – 24 October 2008
    Shared History: Photographs from the Martin Z. Margulies Collection, Ritter Art Gallery, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, 24 January – 7 March 2020

  • Literature

    Scalo, Seydou Keïta, p. 229
    Steidl, Seydou Keïta: Photographs, Bamako, Mali 1948-1963, pl. 42
    University of Pennsylvania, Through You: Photography Selections from the Martin Z. Margulies Collection, exh. cat., p. 38

  • Catalogue Essay

    The original caption for this work reads:

    'Dressed in a loose boubou, a white smock (forokom), and a black fez, this wonderful giant known to everyone in Bamako is proud of his lovely daughter.'

81

Untitled (father and daughter, Bamako)

1949-1951
Gelatin silver print, printed 1998.
21 7/8 x 15 1/2 in. (55.6 x 39.4 cm)
Signed twice and dated in ink in the margin.

Estimate
$5,000 - 7,000 

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Photographs from the Martin Z. Margulies Foundation Part II

New York Auction 9 October 2024