I Am Adonis

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Artist Tijani Àdìgún Sitou (Yoruba, 1932–1999)

Culture Yorùbá

Title I Am Adonis (Je suis l'homme Adonis)

Date 1977

Medium Inkjet print

Dimensions Image: 12 x 11 1/2 in. (30.5 x 29.2 cm)
Sheet: 19 x 13 in. (48.3 x 33 cm)

Credit Line Gift of the family of Èl Hadj Tijani Sitou, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University

Accession Number 2007.102

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When this portrait was made, it was uncommon for men to wear shirts or to leave their shirts unbuttoned in this manner. Together with the sunglasses, confident stance, and Craven A cigarettes (a popular brand in Mopti in those days), they suggest that the subject is a trendsetting young kamalenba, playboy, expressing his personal style and independent attitude.

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"I Am Adonis | Collections Online." Collections Online. Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University, 2024. https://artmuseum.indiana.edu/collections-online/browse/object.php?number=2007.102