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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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