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Transport en Commun, Senegal

Object NamePanel

Artist Dame Guèye (b. 1956)

Made Fromnon-lead glass, ink

Date1993

Place MadeUnited States

Techniqueoutline in reverse ink, enamel painted

Size(Glass) 40.6 x 50.8 cm; (frame) H: 40.1 cm, W: 51.3 cm

Accession Number93.4.27

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Not On View

Physical DescriptionColorless non-lead glass, black ink, opaque multicolor paint, metallic gold (frame); outline in reverse in black ink, enamel painted. Horizontal rectangle reverse-painted village scene of a bus with passengers of West African descent rendered in stylized flat graphic style with black outlining and bright opaque colors; image depicts: background blue sky with black birds, a leafy tree and three palm trees extending above the roofs of a double row of tan thatched huts behind a fence; in foreground a large bus with yellow top and blue and white trim with Senegalese flag on side, signage on bus; (above and below windshield) RTT/FATOU, (under driver's window) DOMM-GUEYE/TRANSPORTEUR/A/TOUBA, (on side of bus) TRANSPORTI EN COMMUN/SENEGAL, (tire mud flaps) ITATI/2TP and ITTAB/STP"; top of bus piled with bundles, two baskets with ovoid green fruits or vegetables, the head of a horned sheep extends from rear bundle; bus has male driver with another figure seated next to him, six seated passengers in various poses and costumes, a man wearing blue pants and striped shirt stands half-in the open rear door; gold tone metal frame, cardobard backing; black ink block letters at lower left corner: "Dame/Gueye 93".
Provenance

Source Francine Farr Consulting - 1993-07-01