Casing History 25

© Kelani Abass

Casing History 25

Currently not on view

Casing History 25,

2017

Kelani Abass, born 1979; born Abeokuta, Nigeria; active Lagos
2025-54

Information

Title
Casing History 25
Dates

2017

Maker
Kelani Abass
Medium
Letterpress type-case and laminated inkjet prints
Dimensions
45.1 × 81.9 cm (17 3/4 × 32 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Virginia and Bagley Wright, Class of 1946, Program Fund for Modern and Contemporary Art
Object Number
2025-54
Place Made

Africa, Nigeria, Lagos

Signatures
Signed, titled, dated on verso: Kelani Abass, Casing History 25, 2017
Culture
African, Nigerian, Yoruba
Type
photographs, inkjet prints
Materials
cases (containers), inkjet prints
Techniques
laminating
Subject
portraits, families, archives

Artist’s studio, Lagos, Nigeria, 2017; purchased by the Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, NJ, 2024.

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