Artist
Samuel Fosso(Cameroonian, born 1962)Cameroonian, born 1962
CultureCameroonian
Titles
- The Lifeguard
- from the series Tati
Date1997, printed 2003
PlaceCameroon, Africa
MediumChromogenic print
DimensionsImage: 42 3/4 × 34 in. (108.6 × 86.4 cm)
Sheet: 50 3/8 × 39 7/8 in. (128 × 101.3 cm)
Frame: 55 1/16 × 45 1/16 × 1 1/2 in. (139.8 × 114.4 × 3.8 cm)
Sheet: 50 3/8 × 39 7/8 in. (128 × 101.3 cm)
Frame: 55 1/16 × 45 1/16 × 1 1/2 in. (139.8 × 114.4 × 3.8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Nina and Michael Zilkha
Object number2004.810
Non exposé
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Provenance[Jack Shainman Gallery, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 2004.
Exhibition History"Through an African Lens: Sub-Saharan Photography from the Museum's Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, February 27–November 8, 2020.
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Samuel Fosso
1997, printed 2003
Chromogenic print
2004.809
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Gelatin silver print
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