Je vais décoller - Tang Teaching Museum

Collection Artwork

Artist

Sanlé Sory (born Nianiagara district, Burkina Faso [then Upper Volta], 1943)

Title

Je vais décoller

Creation date

1977, printed 2017

Materials

gelatin silver print

Dimensions

paper size: 19 7/8 x 16 in.
14 3/8 x 14 1/2 in.

Credit Line

The Jack Shear Collection of Photography at the Tang Teaching Museum

Place of Creation

Volta Photo (artist's studio), Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso, Africa

Accession Number

2018.13.3

Edition

6/15 + 5 AP

Object Type

Photographs

Marks

Signed, dated, and inscribed in pencil, verso, lower right: Sory Sanle 2017 / JE VAIS DÉCOLLER, 1977/2017 / 6/15

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