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J. D. 'Okhai Ojeikere
Hairstyles
- Estimate
- £30,000 - 50,000
Lot Details
Unique polyptych, comprising six gelatin silver prints, printed later.
1968-1975
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.)
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.
This polyptych is unique. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Art Institute of Chicago and Victoria and Albert Museum hold other works from this series.
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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.
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