Le Chemin de salut [The path to salvation]

Mail Art postcard showing a parody of the Crucifixion with a collage stamp of an African mask for Christ's head, similar to 38b. The addressee is the director (Leroi Coubagy) of the then Savannah Gallery, London, that hosted the artist’s 1992 solo exhibition and published the postcard.


Order number: MS 381333
Date(s) of creation: 1993
Level: Item
Format: Archive           
Main author: Musa; Hassan (b 1951); contemporary visual artist
URL: https://digital.soas.ac.uk/MUSA000080
URL Description: Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections

collection SOAS Archive
id MS_381333.38a
recordtype archive
scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
scb_order_with MS 381333
callnumber MS 381333/38a
callnumber_txt MS 381333/38a
callnumber-sort MS 381333/38a
prefix_number 38a
title Le Chemin de salut [The path to salvation]
scb_date_creation 1993
scb_level Item
level_sort 8/Collection/Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Sub-Collection/Series/Sub-Series/Sub-Sub-Series/File/Item
scb_extent 1 item
author Musa; Hassan (b 1951); contemporary visual artist
author_facet Musa; Hassan (b 1951); contemporary visual artist
authorStr Musa; Hassan (b 1951); contemporary visual artist
author_letter Musa; Hassan (b 1951); contemporary visual artist
format Archive
scb_acquisition The donation was made to SOAS Library in June 2018 by Elsbeth Court, an academic who teaches African Art on the IFCELS course at SOAS, with the support and agreement of the artist Hassan Musa.
description Mail Art postcard showing a parody of the Crucifixion with a collage stamp of an African mask for Christ's head, similar to 38b. The addressee is the director (Leroi Coubagy) of the then Savannah Gallery, London, that hosted the artist’s 1992 solo exhibition and published the postcard.
scb_access_status Restrictions apply
scb_conditions_gov_access Requests to access this collection should be made to the Archives & Special Collections department in advance.
scb_copyright Copyright in the artwork of Hassan Musa assigned to SOAS by the artist, 2018. Copyrights persist in other images and texts. The user is advised to investigate copyrights before making any re-use of this material.
language English
language_search English
scb_scripts_material Latin
scb_physc_charac_tech_reqs post card 15cm x 10cm
scb_url https://digital.soas.ac.uk/MUSA000080
scb_url_description Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections
hierarchy_top_id_raw MS 381333
hierarchy_sequence MS_381333.0038a