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Jean-Michel Voge
Africa, Painted Faces, Tribal Women Ethiopia, Photography on Japanese Paper

1996

$1,500
£1,127.60
€1,307.25
CA$2,094.23
A$2,345.65
CHF 1,220.52
MX$28,487.78
NOK 15,473.10
SEK 14,600.03
DKK 9,753.95
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Painted Faces, 1996 by Jean-Michel Voge, is a contemporary color photograph 13" x 19" of two women with painted faces from the Surma tribe in the Omo Valley in Ethiopia, Africa. The photograph is printed by the artist on handmade Awagami Japanese paper. Signed on verso (back of photograph), and In an edition of 5. Available: 2/5. Provenance: JM Voge Archive *** Artist's Bio: Jean-Michel (JM) Voge (b. 1949) is a fine art photographer, formerly editorial freelancer for magazines, such as Madame Figaro (1982-2010), Le Figaro Magazine, Point of View, Marie France, Town and Country, European Travel and LIFE, Fortune Magazine, and AD Spain. The French photographer published a critically-acclaimed monograph on portraits of Europeans, "Figures of Europe," which include portraits of influential Europeans through 1990. Among JM's personal projects, he photographed the Surma tribe in the Omo Valley in Ethiopia, Africa and the Sumo in Tokyo. JM travels for much of his material including extended trips to Greenland. *** Available exclusively at 99Prints in New York City, an art marketplace for today’s collectors of contemporary art, works on paper, original and limited edition photography. 99Prints ships worldwide.

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