Object number2011.21.3
Nuit de Noël (Happy Club)
Date1963
Artist
Malick Sidibé
(Malian, 1936 - 2016)
CultureMalian
MediumGelatin silver print, printed 2008
DimensionsImage: 8 1/4 x 8 1/4 in. (21 x 21 cm)
Sheet: 12 x 9 1/2 in. (30.5 x 24.1 cm)
Framed: 18 1/8 x 17 11/16 x 1 3/16 in. (46 x 45 x 3 cm)
Sheet: 12 x 9 1/2 in. (30.5 x 24.1 cm)
Framed: 18 1/8 x 17 11/16 x 1 3/16 in. (46 x 45 x 3 cm)
Credit LinePurchase, Advisory Council for Photography
On View
Not on viewPeriod20th c
Classification(s)
SignedOn recto, signed lower right margin in ink: Malick Sidibé / Malick Sidibé[cursive]
InscribedOn recto, by artist, lower right margin in ink: 2008; lower center margin: Nuit de Noël (Happy-Club) 1963 -
Copyright© Malick Sidibé
BibliographyLombino, Mary-Kay. Shape of Light: Defining Photographs from the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center. Poughkeepsie, NY: Vassar College, 2019, p. 84
ProvenanceJack Shainman GalleryVassar Exhibitions
Exhibition HistoryRecent Acquisitions: Works on Paper, Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, January 18 - March 30, 2013; Malick Sidibé: Chemises, Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, January 24 - March 30, 2014;
Shape of Light: Defining Photographs from the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, September 20 - December 15, 2019
DescriptionImage of a young man and young woman, a brother and sister, dancing with their heads close together and slightly bowed as they look at one another's feet. She wears a sleeveless knee-length dress with a full skirt and no shoes while he wears a suit and tie with loafers. A few trees and chairs are visible in the background.
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