Les Beatles Bayada Di

1966/2004, printed 2008

Malick Sidibé

Associated Names
Malick Sidibé

Artist, Malian, 1936 - 2016

The image shows two men, one sitting on the hood of a car and the other standing next to it. The seated man has one knee bent with his hands resting on it and the car, looking towards the camera. The standing man is leaning against the car with one hand on the vehicle and the other on his hip, wearing a relaxed expression. Both men wear checkered shirts, with the standing man in light-colored pants and the seated man in darker pants. The car appears classic, set in a dark environment with tree foliage in the background. A decorative border with abstract and colorful elements frames the image.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

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

  • Credit Line

    Scott Nathan and Laura DeBonis Fund

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 23.18 × 34.61 cm (9 1/8 × 13 5/8 in.)
    framed: 29.85 × 40.01 cm (11 3/4 × 15 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.103.3

  • 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 purple ink: Malick Sidibé. MS 2004; bottom left in purple ink: Les Beatles Bayada Di 1966; on verso, by unknown hand, upper left in black ink on green tape: 7/11 SHOW @ JSG; by unknown hand, upper right in graphite: 11/18; Jack Shainman Gallery label upper right

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