Vues de dos (Back views)

2003/2004

Malick Sidibé

Associated Names
Malick Sidibé

Artist, Malian, 1936 - 2016

The image depicts two individuals viewed from the back, standing closely side by side. The person on the left has short hair and wears a sleeveless black top with a patterned maxi skirt. The person on the right has short, curly hair and wears a halter-neck top with a horizontally striped maxi skirt and a bracelet on their left wrist. They stand in front of a lace curtain with a decorative carpet on the floor. The image is bordered by colorful designs of stylized leaves on a blue background. The setting appears to be indoors.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print, glass, paint, cardboard, tape, string

  • Credit Line

    Robert B. Menschel and the Vital Projects Fund

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 26.67 × 26.67 cm (10 1/2 × 10 1/2 in.)
    framed: 33.34 × 43.18 cm (13 1/8 × 17 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.103.2

  • Copyright

    © Malick Sidibé. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Estate of Malick Sidibé, Mali; NGA purchase (through Jack Shainman Gallery, New York), 2018.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

signed by artist, bottom center in blue ink: Malick Sidibé. MS 2004; bottom left in blue ink: Vues de dos - 2003; on verso, Jack Shainman Gallery label bottom center

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