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Les Franquis

1966

Malick Sidibé

(Malian, 1936–2016)
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Culture
Mali
Medium
gelatin silver print
Measurements
Image: 7.6 x 5.1 cm (3 x 2 in.)
Credit Line
Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Whitehill Art Purchase Endowment Fund 2022.248.5
Copyright
Copyright
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Location
Not on view
Print
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Malick Sidibé would photograph as many as five parties each weekend.

Description

For each party, Sidibé would make these small prints which he displayed in his shop window the next day, encouraging partygoers to order enlargements. The images reveal the fashionable mix of Western and African styles worn to the social clubs in the newly independent nation of Mali. With independence came new social freedoms for young people, who danced the nights away to the twist, rock and roll, and Afro-Cuban music.
A vertically oriented black-and-white photograph depicts a man and a woman with dark skin tones standing together. On our left, the man wears a dark jacket and light trousers. To our right, a woman with voluminous hair rests an arm across his shoulders. She wears a strapless gown with geometric patterns as they both face us. The print is framed with a decorative, scalloped border.

Les Franquis

1966

Malick Sidibé

(Malian, 1936–2016)
Mali

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