Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2007.

Untitled

Artist Seydou Keita (Malian, ca. 1921-2001)

CultureMalian

Date1956-57, printed 1998

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsOverall, Image: 21 7/8 × 15 7/16 in. (55.6 × 39.2 cm)
Overall: 23 7/8 × 19 15/16 in. (60.6 × 50.6 cm)
Overall, Mat: 26 × 36 in. (66 × 91.4 cm)

InscribedBelow the image it is signed "Seydou Keïta" and dated "1956 - 57, 1998"

Credit LineMuseum purchase, in memory of Alice R. and Sol B. Frank

Object number2007.3

Not on view

DescriptionA female Wolof with her hair curled and tied with wool. She is wearing earrings and bracelets decorated with "buttons" (kulalaati) and a silver pendant with the head of a Fula woman from the Fouta Djalion region of Guinea whose hair is braided in the shape of a helmet.

Label TextSeydou Keïta Malian, 1921–2001 Untitled, 1956-57 Gelatin silver print (photograph), printed 1998 Museum purchase, in memory of Alice R. and Sol B. Frank 2007.3 ProvenanceSeydou Keïta; James Danziger Gallery, New York, NY; Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, Purchase in memory of Alice R. and Sol B. Frank, 2007 Exhibition History"Seydou Keïta and Lolo Veleko: Fashion," James Danziger Gallery, New York, NY, January 19 - February 24, 2007 "The World of Photography," Alice R. and Frank B. Sol Photography Galleries, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, June 20, 2007 - May 25, 2008 "Photographic Histories," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, May 10 - August 17, 2014.Published ReferencesAndre Magnin, _Seydou Keita_ (Zurich: Scalo, 1998), 126. ISBN: 978-3931141646