Self-Portrait

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Artist Tijani Àdìgún Sitou (Yoruba, 1932–1999)

Culture Yorùbá

Title Self-Portrait

Date 1972

Medium Inkjet print

Dimensions Image: 12 x 12 in. (30.5 x 30.5 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 2007.82

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About this Work

Rather than acknowledging the camera, Sitou fictitiously portrays himself in the act of composing a photograph. In this image, created by using his camera's automatic setting, Sitou expresses not only his profession but also his ethnicity: his hat and boubou (gown) are Yoruba attire, which he acquired during one of his frequent visits to Nigeria.

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"Self-Portrait | Collections Online." Collections Online. Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University, 2024. https://artmuseum.indiana.edu/collections-online/browse/object.php?number=2007.82