Sale 2489 - Artists & Amateurs: Photographs & Photobooks, October 18, 2018

277 c MALICK SIDIBÉ (1936-2016) Suite of 25 lively photographs depicting intimate studies of women; handsome couples and families; gorgeous dancers; revealing snapshots of kids; remarkable hairdos and bold outfits; and party scenes, soirées and a wedding reception; 13 of the frames with colorful reverse-painted motifs. Silver prints, the objects measuring 3x4 5 / 8 to 17x13 inches (7.6x11.7 to 43.2x33 cm.), and the reverse, each presented in Sidibé’s custom frames fabricated with recycled materials, including brightly-colored reverse painted glass, cardboard, and string, sealed with paper tape; 24 with Sidibé’s signature and dates, and most with a title (in French), in ink, on frame recto; 17 with the Jack Shainman Gallery label on frame verso. 1964-2001; framed 2001-04 [20,000/30,000]