Malick Sidibé
Babenco Club

Babenco Club

© Malick Sidibé. Courtesy of the Estate of Malick Sidibé and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York.

Babenco Club
Babenco Club
ArtistMalian, 1936–2016
CultureMalian
Titles
  • Babenco Club
Date1966, printed 1998
PlaceMali, Africa
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 16 3/4 × 17 in. (42.5 × 43.2 cm)
Sheet: 23 3/4 × 20 in. (60.3 × 50.8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Nina and Michael Zilkha
Object number99.224
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance[Deitch Projects, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 1999.
Exhibition History"Clubs of Bamako," Deitch Projects, New York, February 11–March 6, 1999; Rice University Art Gallery, Houston, March 9–April 16, 2000.

"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
Inscribed in black, recto, lower left below image: Babenco Club. 1966
Signed in black ink, recto, lower right below image: Malick Sidibé 1998
Inscribed in pencil, verso, lower edge: MS 4016-1 DP
Signed in black ink, recto, lower right below image: Malick Sidibé 1998

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