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SAMUEL FOSSO (NÉ EN 1962)
The chief who sold Africa to the colonialist J0216, (Tati Series), 1997
tirage chromogénique, tiré en 2004
signé à l'encre sur une étiquette du photographe accompagnant l'œuvre et portant le titre, la date et le numéro d'édition '12/12'
image : 46,6 x 46,8 cm. (1838 x 1838 in.)
feuille : 61 x 50,7 cm. (24 x 20 in.)
Ce tirage est le numéro douze d'une édition épuisée de douze exemplaires.

CHROMOGENIC PRINT, PRINTED 2004; SIGNED IN INK ON ACCOMPANYING PHOTOGRAPHER'S LABEL WITH TITLE, DATE AND EDITION NUMBER '12/12'
Provenance
Galerie Jean-Marc Patras, Paris
Acquis directement auprès de celle-ci par le propriétaire actuel en 2005
Literature
Lynne Warren (ed.), Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century Photography, New York, 2006, p. 550.
John Parker & Richard Rathbone, African History: A Very Short Introduction, Londres, 2007, p. 144.
Okwui Enwezor & Chika Okeke-Agulu, Contemporary African Art Since 1980, Chicago, 2009, p. 196.
Simon Njami, Samuel Fosso: Dorian Gray à Bangui, Paris, 2010, n.p.
V. S. Naipaul, Le Masque de l’Afrique, Paris, 2011, couverture.
Vincent Godeau, La Photographie Africaine Contemporaine, Paris, 2015, p. 29.
Okwui Enwezor (ed.), Samuel Fosso : Autoportrait, Göttingen, 2020, pp. 105 & 341.
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