Two Reclining Women

Mama Casset Senegalese

1950s–1960s

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 341

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Title: Two Reclining Women
Artist: Mama Casset (Senegalese, St. Louis 1908–1992 Dakar)
Date: 1950s–1960s
Geography: Senegal, Dakar
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: 5 × 6 7/8 in. (12.7 × 17.5 cm)
Classification: Photographs
Credit Line: Visual Resource Archive, The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing
Object Number: VRA.2014.8.049
Curatorial Department: The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing

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