Self Portrait in black mood while everybody is having fun!
Mail Art. A photocopy of 44a is the basis for the drawing on this envelope, that continues the theme of Musa's family "having fun" while he, in his self-portrait, is in a "black mood" thinking about the construction of 'blackness' in France through the famous performances of Baartman (1814-18) and...
Archive & Special Collections | MS 381333/44b | Restrictions apply |
Order number: |
MS 381333 |
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Date(s) of creation: |
2004 |
Level: |
Item |
Format: | Archive |
Main author: | Musa; Hassan (b 1951); contemporary visual artist |
URL: |
https://digital.soas.ac.uk/MUSA000086/00002 |
URL Description: |
Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections |
collection |
SOAS Archive |
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id |
MS_381333.44b |
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 381333/44b |
callnumber_txt |
MS 381333/44b |
callnumber-sort |
MS 381333/44b |
prefix_number |
44b |
title |
Self Portrait in black mood while everybody is having fun! |
scb_date_creation |
2004 |
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. A photocopy of 44a is the basis for the drawing on this envelope, that continues the theme of Musa's family "having fun" while he, in his self-portrait, is in a "black mood" thinking about the construction of 'blackness' in France through the famous performances of Baartman (1814-18) and Baker (1920's). |
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 |
brown paper envelope 32cm x 23 cm |
scb_copies |
Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections |
scb_url |
https://digital.soas.ac.uk/MUSA000086/00002 |
scb_url_description |
Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections |
hierarchy_top_id_raw |
MS 381333 |
hierarchy_sequence |
MS_381333.0044b |