Two Friends Back-to-Back

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Artist Malick Sidibé (Malian, 1936–2016)

Title Two Friends Back-to-Back (Les deux amis dos à dos)

Date 1975

Medium Inkjet print

Dimensions Image: 5 7/8 x 4 in. (14.9 x 10.2 cm)
Sheet: 6 15/16 x 5 in. (17.6 x 12.7 cm)

Credit Line Museum purchase with funds from the Class of 1949 Endowed Curatorship for the Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University

Accession Number 2005.45

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This photograph may have been taken at one of the many youth culture club parties Sidibé attended. Sidibé was known for photographing youth culture in Bamako, and often photographed parties.

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