Omar Victor Diop
Omar Ibn Said

Omar Ibn Said

© Omar Victor Diop

Omar Ibn Said
Omar Ibn Said
ArtistSenegalese, born 1980
CultureSenegalese
Titles
  • Omar Ibn Said
  • from the series Diaspora
Date2015
MediumInkjet print mounted on dibond
DimensionsImage: 47 3/16 × 31 7/16 in. (119.8 × 79.9 cm)
Sheet: 47 3/16 × 31 7/16 in. (119.8 × 79.9 cm)
Mount: 47 3/16 × 31 7/16 in. (119.8 × 79.9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Sara S. Morgan, Joan Morgenstern, Michael Zilkha, Franci Neely, and Peter and Fannie Morris
Object number2021.51
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
DescriptionIn his series Diaspora, the Senegalese photographer Omar Victor Diop focused on 15th- to 19th-century portraits of notable Africans in European history, contrasting their lives and legacies with his own in order to tell a story of African history outside of Africa and, in the process, think about his own identity. This image is based on an anonymous ambrotype portrait of Omar Ibn Saïd (1770–1864). Saïd’s 1831 autobiography recounts his birth as a member of the Fula ethnic group of West Africa, education in Senegal, capture and sale into slavery in the United States, escape, and reenslavement.
Provenance[MAGNIN-A, Paris]; purchased by MFAH, 2021.
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Lotus Pond
Minol Araki
1987
Set of 12 continuous panels; ink and color on Japanese paper, mounted on Dibond panel
2022.184.A-.L
Minol Araki
1987
Ink and color on Japanese paper, mounted on Dibond panel
2022.184.C
Lotus Pond (9 of 12)
Minol Araki
1987
Ink and color on Japanese paper, mounted on Dibond panel
2022.184.I
Lotus Pond (12 of 12)
Minol Araki
1987
Ink and color on Japanese paper, mounted on Dibond panel
2022.184.L
Lotus Pond (11 of 12)
Minol Araki
1987
Ink and color on Japanese paper, mounted on Dibond panel
2022.184.K
Lotus Pond (6 of 12)
Minol Araki
1987
Ink and color on Japanese paper, mounted on Dibond panel
2022.184.F
Lotus Pond (5 of 12)
Minol Araki
1987
Ink and color on Japanese paper, mounted on Dibond panel
2022.184.E
Lotus Pond (4 of 12)
Minol Araki
1987
Ink and color on Japanese paper, mounted on Dibond panel
2022.184.D
Lotus Pond (8 of 12)
Minol Araki
1987
Ink and color on Japanese paper, mounted on Dibond panel
2022.184.H
Lotus Pond (7 of 12)
Minol Araki
1987
Ink and color on Japanese paper, mounted on Dibond panel
2022.184.G
Lotus Pond (2 of 12)
Minol Araki
1987
Ink and color on Japanese paper, mounted on Dibond panel
2022.184.B
Lotus Pond (1 of 12)
Minol Araki
1987
Ink and color on Japanese paper, mounted on Dibond panel
2022.184.A