Seydou Keita
1949-1954 (taken) 1998 (print)
Father with daughter

Gelatin silver print
20¥ x 14¥ins (52.8 x 37.5 cm)
 
Christie's - London
Courtesy of Christies, London (Sale: 7434 - Photographs, Lot: 18 - Nov 13, 2007)
 
Signed and dated in ink in margin; signed, dated and annotated 'Paris 1998' by Philippe Salaun, printer, in pencil, with his credit stamp on verso.
 
Ke´ta recalls: 'Dressed in a loose boubou, a white smock (forokoni), and a black fez, this wonderful giant known to everyone in Bamako is proud of his lovely daughter' (p.280). Magnin (ed.), Seydou Ke´ta, Scalo, 1997, p.229.
 
LL/24266