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Couple dans la nuit 1965
Woven wool tapestry | 221.0 x 162.0 cm (whole object) | RCIN 70898
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Hanging on black ground depicting two multi-coloured stylised embracing figures (one male, one female) with extended fingers and stylised floral motifs. Signed Papa Ibra Tall.
Papa Ibra Tall, born in 1935 in Senegal, studied in Paris between 1954 and 1959, training in tapestry weaving at Aubusson. He returned to Senegal in the 1960s and joined the National Manufactory of Tapestry on its formation in 1966. He was associated with President Senghor's Négritude Movement and served as head of the Section de Recherches Plastiques Nègres.Provenance
Presented to Queen Elizabeth II by the President of Senegal, Léopold Sédar Senghor, during a visit to Senegal, November 1968.
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Medium and techniques
Woven wool tapestry
Measurements
221.0 x 162.0 cm (whole object)
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Object type(s)
Alternative title(s)
Couple in the Night