Malick Sidibé (1935–2016) - 4 vintages uniques "Club Les Charmeurs"- 1968

Extraordinary museum pieces (unique "vintage" prints of a kind, part of the Centre Pompidou collection in Paris, and MoMA in New York has just acquired one this year.) These were the reference system used by Malick Sidibé for commissioning prints. Most vintage photos exist in no other form, the prints having not been commissioned and the negatives often not surviving. These photos provide a unique glimpse into social life in Bamako, Mali, in the 1960s and 1970s. About Malick Sidibé's vintage prints (extract from the exhibition "Mali Twist" at the Fondation Cartier): "I displayed [these prints] in front of the studio where the young people gathered. It was like the cinema. Some ordered prints without buying them; the most important thing was that the photos were seen." Ordered by young Bamako residents dressed in the latest fashion, these prints are the memory of moments of joy and pleasure when these young people discovered their image magnified by their "friend" Malick Sidibé. Works exhibited as part of the Rencontres de la photographie in Arles in 2026.

Estimate:£501.85

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