Malick Sidibé (1935–2016) - Ensemble de 24 tirages vintages uniques ("Chemise club Les Aristos ") - 1962
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Set of 24 unique vintage prints titled Ensemble de 24 tirages vintages uniques ("Chemise club Les Aristos") from 1962, a gelatin silver print measuring 30 x 50 cm, with stamped signature, in SUP condition, sold by Galerie, Portrait genre.
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Exceptional museum piece (similar "Vintage Shirts" are part of the collections of the Centre Pompidou in Paris, and MoMA in New York has just acquired one this year.)
It was the reference system used by Malick Sidibé for ordering prints. Most of the photos of his shirts do not exist in any other form, prints having not been ordered and the negatives often not surviving. These photos provide a unique glimpse into social life in Bamako, Mali, in the 1960s and 1970s.
Regarding Malick Sidibé’s vintage prints (excerpt 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 cinema. Some ordered prints without buying them; the most important thing was that the photos were seen."
Ordered by stylish young Bamakoans dressed to the latest fashion, these prints are the memory of moments of joy and pleasure as these youths discovered their image magnified by their "friend" Malick Sidibé.
Artwork exhibited as part of the Rencontres de la photographie à Arles in 2026
Seller's Story
Association for the Promotion of Contemporary Art
Translated by Google TranslateExceptional museum piece (similar "Vintage Shirts" are part of the collections of the Centre Pompidou in Paris, and MoMA in New York has just acquired one this year.)
It was the reference system used by Malick Sidibé for ordering prints. Most of the photos of his shirts do not exist in any other form, prints having not been ordered and the negatives often not surviving. These photos provide a unique glimpse into social life in Bamako, Mali, in the 1960s and 1970s.
Regarding Malick Sidibé’s vintage prints (excerpt 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 cinema. Some ordered prints without buying them; the most important thing was that the photos were seen."
Ordered by stylish young Bamakoans dressed to the latest fashion, these prints are the memory of moments of joy and pleasure as these youths discovered their image magnified by their "friend" Malick Sidibé.
Artwork exhibited as part of the Rencontres de la photographie à Arles in 2026
Seller's Story
Association for the Promotion of Contemporary Art
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Date of print
1962
Artist
Malick Sidibé (1935–2016)
Sold by
Gallery
Title of artwork
Ensemble de 24 tirages vintages uniques ("Chemise club Les Aristos ") - 1962
Condition
Extremely fine
Technique
Gelatin-silver print
Height
30 cm
Width
50 cm
Signature
Stamped
Genre
Portrait
