Artist
Hamidou Maiga(Burkinabé, born 1932)Burkinabé, born 1932
CultureBurkinabe
Titles
- Untitled
Date1963, printed 2012
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 11 × 10 7/16 in. (28 × 26.5 cm)
Sheet: 15 15/16 × 12 in. (40.5 × 30.5 cm)
Sheet: 15 15/16 × 12 in. (40.5 × 30.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Yossi Milo Gallery
Object number2020.8
Not on view
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“I always knew how to get the shot set up just right,
the way they positioned the hands, the tilt of the head,
the way they sat or stood,”
recalled Hamidou Maiga. “I would
really try to get to know the person in order to better represent
them. I think the younger clients
were my favorites to work
with. They burned with the
passion and enthusiasm of youth!” Maiga’s sitters often aimed to
mimic their favorite movie stars or musicians in their posture
and props. These two
young men, with unlit cigarettes and defiant stares, are likely embracing
the aesthetic and attitude of their pop culture heroes.
Provenance[Yossi Milo Gallery, New York]; given to MFAH, 2020.
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
Inscribed in black ink, recto, lower left below image: 1963
Signed in black ink, recto, lower right below image: Hamidou Maiga
Inscribed in pencil, verso, lower edge: JBG 12 + 16 in 2/15
Printed in black on accompanying label: YOSSI MILO GALLERY // Hamidou Maiga // [reproduction of image] // Untitled [italicized], 1963 // Gelatin Silver Print // Image: 11” x 10 ½” (28 x 26.5 cm) // Paper: 16” x 12” (40.5 x 30.5 cm) // Edition 2 of 15 + 3 Artist’s Proofs // Signed and Dated Recto in Pencil // (00768) // HaMa.20914 // 245 Tenth Avenue – New York, NY 10001 – 212.414.0370 – info@yossimilo.com – yossimilo.com
Signed in black ink, recto, lower right below image: Hamidou Maiga
Inscribed in pencil, verso, lower edge: JBG 12 + 16 in 2/15
Printed in black on accompanying label: YOSSI MILO GALLERY // Hamidou Maiga // [reproduction of image] // Untitled [italicized], 1963 // Gelatin Silver Print // Image: 11” x 10 ½” (28 x 26.5 cm) // Paper: 16” x 12” (40.5 x 30.5 cm) // Edition 2 of 15 + 3 Artist’s Proofs // Signed and Dated Recto in Pencil // (00768) // HaMa.20914 // 245 Tenth Avenue – New York, NY 10001 – 212.414.0370 – info@yossimilo.com – yossimilo.com
Signed in black ink, recto, lower right below image: Hamidou Maiga
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