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    13 November 2007

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    • SEYDOU KEITA (1921-2001)
    Lot 18

    SEYDOU KEITA (1921-2001)

    Father with daughter, 1949-54

    Price realised

    GBP 6,000

    Estimate

    GBP 4,000 - GBP 6,000

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    SEYDOU KEITA (1921-2001)
    Father with daughter, 1949-54
    gelatin silver print, printed 1998
    signed and dated in ink in margin; signed, dated and annotated 'Paris 1998' by Philippe Salaün, printer, in pencil, with his credit stamp on verso
    20¾ x 14¾in. (52.8 x 37.5cm.)

    Provenance

    From the collection of Philippe Salaün;
    acquired by present owner.

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    Literature and exhibited

    Literature

    Magnin (ed.), Seydou Keïta, Scalo, 1997, p.229.


    Lot Essay

    Keïta recalls: 'Dressed in a loose boubou, a white smock (forokoni), and a black fez, this wonderful giant known to everyone in Bamako is proud of his lovely daughter' (p.280).

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    VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 15% on the buyer's premium


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