Seydou Keïta (1923-2001) Untitled, (Trois femmes de face), circa 1952/59-1998 Silver print Signed and dated on the bottom left 40 x 57 cm (image) 44 x 59,5 cm (sheet) Provenance: - Galerie du Jour, Agnès b, Paris - Purchased from the latter by the current owner - Private collection, Paris Exhibition: Paris, Grand Palais, "Seydou Keïta", 31 mars - 11 July 2016, similar edition illustrated in the catalogue in plate no. 146 Bibliography: S. Keïta, A. Magnin, "Seydou Keïta: Photographies Bamako, Mali 1948-1963", Steidl Verlag, Göttingen, 2011, similar edition illustrated in plate no. 00006 The buyer will be provided with a certificate from the Galerie du jour, Agnès b. Note: Photograph dated between 1952 and 1959, printed in 1998

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