Sanlé Sory
Je vais décoller

Je vais décoller

© Sanlé Sory, Courtesy of the artist and Yossi Milo, New York

Je vais décoller
Je vais décoller
ArtistBurkinabé, born 1943
CultureBurkinabé
Titles
  • Je vais décoller
  • I'm Going to Take Off
Date1977, printed 2018
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 14 1/4 × 14 1/4 in. (36.2 × 36.2 cm)
Sheet: 19 7/8 × 15 15/16 in. (50.5 × 40.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Francis L. Lederer Foundation, courtesy of Sharon Lederer
Object number2019.63
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist, Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso; [Yossi Milo Gallery, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 2019.
Exhibition History"Through an African Lens: Sub-Saharan Photography from the Museum's Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, February 27–November 8, 2020.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Verso: Inscribed in graphite, bottom right corner: Sory Sanle 2018 / JE VAIS DÉCOLLER, 1977/2018 / 11/15

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