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ULTIMATE J. D. 'Okhai Ojeikere Follow Hairstyles 1968-1975 Unique polyptych, comprising six gelatin silver prints, printed later. Each image: 43.2 x 44.2 cm (17 x 17 3/8 in.) approximately Each sheet: 61 x 51 cm (24 x 20 1/8 in.) All signed, dated, one titled, five variously numbered, all in ink, and credit blindstamps in the margins; five signed, dated, annotated by Philippe Salaün, printer, in pencil and printer’s stamps on the verso. This polyptych is unique. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Art Institute of Chicago and Victoria and Albert Museum hold other works from this series.
Condition Report Sign up or Log in Provenance MAGNIN-A, Paris Exhibited J.D. ´Okhai Ojeikere , Fondation Cartier, Paris, 4 April - 27 May 2000, others Making Africa: A Continent of Contemporary Design , Guggenheim Bilbao, Bilbao, 29 October 2015 - 21 February 2016, others Africa, Architecture, Culture and Identity , Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, 25 May - 25 October 2015, others Literature A. Magnin, J.D. 'Okhai Ojeikere: Photographies , Paris: Fondation Cartier, 2000, cover and pp. 91 (variant), 102, 139, 149 (variant) Catalogue Essay For over 30 years J.D. ‘Okhai Ojeikere turned his camera towards the hair of Nigerian women. Photographing hairstyles for all occasions from the everyday to the ceremonial, he created a visual history that both recalled the past and captured the present. For Ojeikere, Hairstyles , conceived at a time when photographers in Africa did not embark on non-commercial projects, was an artistic and ethnographic celebration of Nigerian culture. Read More