A black-and-white photo of two young people in mid-dance step.
Nuit de Noël (Happy Club)

1963/printed later

Accompanied by artist’s fingerprint and Certificate of Authenticity

Gelatin silver print

11.8 x 15.75 inches (30 x 40 cm), sheet
10.75 x 10.75 inches (27 x 27 cm), image

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Perhaps the artist’s most famous photograph, “Nuit de Noël” captures a young, happy couple dancing. In the decade following Mali’s independence from French colonial rule, a new generation of artists emerged, documenting an entirely new era.

Work by Malick Sidibé (1936-2016)