J.D. ‘OKHAI OJEIKERE | Modern Suku, Hairstyles Series, 1979

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3,000 - 5,000 GBP

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Description

J.D. ‘Okhai Ojeikere
Modern Suku, Hairstyles Series, 1979
signed, dated and annotated HD 916-79 in black ink and photographer's stamp and blind stamp (lower margin) signed, annotated and dated in pencil by the printer Philippe Salaün with his stamp (on the reverse)
silverprint, printed 2000
44.5 by 45cm., 17½ by 17¾in.(image); 60.7 by 51cm., 23¾ by 20in.(sheet)

Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner

Exhibited

Paris, Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, J.D. 'Okhai Ojeikere, 4 April-27 May 2000, illustrated in colour in the catalogue (another example)
New York City, New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, In and Out of the Studio: Photographic Portraits from West Africa, 31 August-3 January 2016 (another example)

Literature

Bisi Silva, J.D. 'Okhai Ojeikere, Center for Contemporary Art, Lagos, 2014, illustrated p. 189