Live Auction 1157920/21 Photographs: Photographs selected by James Danziger

Lot 5 ‘When young people dance, they are spellbound by the music. In that atmosphere, people didn’t pay attention to me anymore.’ – Malick Sidibé

Malick Sidibé (b. 1935)

Nuit de Noël, 1963

Closed22 May 2015

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Malick Sidibé (b. 1935)
Nuit de Noël, 1963
gelatin silver print, printed 1999
signed, titled and dated in ink (margin, recto); annotated 'MS25-3' in pencil (verso)
image: 42.5 x 43.4cm. (16 ¾ x 17 1/8in.)
sheet: 61 x 50.5cm. (24 x 19 7/8in.)

Malick Sidibé's candid photographs of young people in Bamako in the 1960s and 1970s have greatly increased our awareness of the cultural transformations taking place in Africa in the second half of the 20th century. Many of his images were made after curfews were imposed as parties were not deemed appropriate by conservative Malian culture. Music liberated young Africans who, for the first time, were able to get physically close to each other. It was such a powerful moment that Sidibé was invited to up to four parties in any one evening, simply to document these encounters.

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Nuit de Noël, 1963

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