Les Bons Negociateurs [The Good Negociaters [sic]]

Mail Art. The envelope is decorated on both sides. On the front is a photocopy print of men/negotiators with some added colour. The men are gesticulating with their hands, using the sign language of deaf people; on the reverse is torn paper collage. Musa’s drawing of the negotiators relates to his b...

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Order number: MS 381333
Date(s) of creation: 2007
Level: Item
Format: Archive           
Main author: Musa; Hassan (b 1951); contemporary visual artist
URL: https://digital.soas.ac.uk/MUSA000092/00001
URL Description: Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections

Order number: MS 381333
Summary: Mail Art. The envelope is decorated on both sides. On the front is a photocopy print of men/negotiators with some added colour. The men are gesticulating with their hands, using the sign language of deaf people; on the reverse is torn paper collage. Musa’s drawing of the negotiators relates to his book Les funérailles de l’éléphant: Contes du Burkina Faso (2006), which emphasises the shadow play dimension of negotiation.
Main author: Musa; Hassan (b 1951); contemporary visual artist
Extent: 1 item
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.
Access status: Restrictions apply
Access conditions: Requests to access this collection should be made to the Archives & Special Collections department in advance.
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
French
Scripts: Latin
Physical description: brown paper envelope 21cm x 31cm
Format: Archive