Sosi Molotsane, Yeoville, Johannesburg, from the series Faces and Phases

© Zanele Muholi, courtesy of the artist and Yancey Richardson, New York

Sosi Molotsane, Yeoville, Johannesburg, from the series Faces and Phases

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Sosi Molotsane, Yeoville, Johannesburg, from the series Faces and Phases,

2007

Zanele Muholi, born 1972, Umlazi, South Africa; active Cape Town and Durban, South Africa
2021-216

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Title
Sosi Molotsane, Yeoville, Johannesburg, from the series Faces and Phases
Dates

2007

Maker
Zanele Muholi
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 76.2 × 50.8 cm (30 × 20 in.) sheet: 86.5 × 60.5 cm (34 1/16 × 23 13/16 in.) frame: 88.9 × 63.5 × 4.4 cm (35 × 25 × 1 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Christopher E. Olofson, Class of 1992
Object Number
2021-216
Place Made

Africa, South Africa

Culture
African, South African
Type
gelatin silver prints, photographs
Techniques
gelatin silver process
Subject
self-portraits

The artist; [Stevenson Gallery, Cape Town and Johannesburg, South Africa]; purchased by Christopher Olofson; given to the Princeton University Art Museum, 2021.

Sosi Molotsane, Yeoville, Johannesburg

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