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Escape I
Escape I

Escape I

Artist Viyé Diba Senegalese, born 1954
Date1999
Associated withAfrica
MediumPaint, sand, wood, sawdust, metal, cotton strip-woven cloth
Dimensions66 x 56 in. (167.6 x 142.2 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LinePurchased with funds provided by the Friends of African and African American Art
Object number2016.12
On View
Not on view
ProvenanceCreated Senegal, 1999; collection of the artist; [Bill Karg Contemporary African Art Gallery, New York]; sold to NCMA, 2016.

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