Samuel Fosso
La femme américaine libérée des années 70, Tati Series, 1997
Estimate:
18,000 - 24,000 GBP
Samuel Fosso
Samuel Fosso
La femme américaine libérée des années 70, Tati Series, 1997
La femme américaine libérée des années 70, Tati Series, 1997
Estimate:
18,000 - 24,000 GBP
Lot sold:
22,680
GBP
Samuel Fosso
Cameroonian
b.1962
La femme américaine libérée des années 70, Tati Series, 1997
pigment print, printed later. Numbered 3 of 3 on the accompanying certificate of authenticity.
124.5 by 124.5cm., 49 by 49in.(image); 144 by 137cm., 56¾ by 54in.(sheet)
Structure: The sheet is unevenly cut on all edges. This work is unframed. The work is rolled.
Surface: On close inspection, there is a handful of handling marks, all in the margins and away from the image. This excepting, the print is in very good condition, exhibiting good contrast and tone.
Please note, the print is uncut and exhibits the file name + printers guide in the lower edge of the print.
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Maria Francesca Bonetti & Guido Schlinkert, Samuel Fosso, 5 Continents editions, Milan, 2004, illustrated in colour p.158-159 (another example)
Okwui Enwezor, Chika Okeke-Agulu, Contemporary African Art Since 1980, 2009, illustrated in colour p.196 (another example)
Andre Magnin, Mehdi Qotbi, African Lights A new contemporary, 2017, Barcelona, illustrated in colour p.82, no.99 (another example)
Okwui Enwezor (ed.), Samuel Fosso: AUTOPORTRAIT, Steidl Verlag/The Walther Collection, New York, 2020, illustrated in colour p.113 (another example)
Olivier Sultan, Jean-Marc Patras, Helene Leray, Omay Lyoubi, Les afriques 36 Artistes contemporains, Paris, 2004, illustrated in colour p.87, no. 60 (another example)
Simon Njami (ed.), Samuel Fosso: Dorian Gray à Bangui, Revue Noire supplement, November 2010, illustrated
New York, The Walther Project Space, Contemporary Reconfigurations, Distance and Desire Encounters with the African Archive Part II, 30 November 2012–9 March 2013 (another example)
New York City, New York, The Walther Collection Project Space, Samuel Fosso, 12 September-17 January 2015 (another example)
Wien, Kunstforum Wien, The Cindy Sherman Effect, 29 January-21 June 2020 (another example)