In 1999, Béatrice Soulé produced the Ousmane Sow exhibition in Paris on the Pont des Arts. Her years of close association with the Senegalese sculptor were instrumental in amassing a huge photographic collection of the existing works, the artist at work, and his works in creation, from "Little Big Horn" to the most recent series on illustrious characters : Victor Hugo, Charles de Gaulle, Nelson Mandela, as well as the sculptor's own father, Moctar Sow.
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Ousmane Sow (1935-2016), Senegalese sculptor, working on Ousmane Sow's father (The giants series). Dakar (Senegal), 2008.
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Ousmane Sow (1935-2016), Senegalese sculptor, working on the sculpture of his father, Moctar Sow, in his studio. In the line of Victor Hugo sculptures made in 2002, this sculpture is a part of a new series of monumental sculpture entitled "Merci" (Thank you), as a tribute to the great men that help him not giving up hope on mankind. Dakar (Senegal), 2008.
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Ousmane Sow (1936-2016). Bronze sculpture of the General de Gaulle, in the artist's studio. In the line of Victor Hugo sculptures made in 2002, this sculpture is a part of a new series of monumental sculpture entitled "Merci" (Thank you), as a tribute to the great men that helped him not giving up hope on mankind. Dakar (Senegal), 2008.
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Ousmane Sow (1935-2016), Senegalese sculptor, in front of his sculpture of Genral de Gaulle nearing completion at the Coubertin foundry. In the line of Victor Hugo sculptures made in 2002, this sculpture is a part of a new series of monumental sculpture entitled "Merci" (Thank you), as a tribute to the great men that helped him not to give up hope on mankind. Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse (France), 2008.
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Ousmane Sow (1935-2016). Ousmane Sow's father (The giants series). Dakar (Senegal), 2009.
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Ousmane Sow (1935-2016). Ousmane Sow's father (The giants series). Dakar (Senegal), 2008.
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Ousmane Sow (1935-2016). Original statue of "Nelson Mandela" at the Coubertin foundry. Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse (France), 2008.
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Ousmane Sow (1935-2016). Original statue of "Nelson Mandela" at the Coubertin foundry. Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse (France), 2008.
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Ousmane Sow (1935-2016). Original statue of "Nelson Mandela" at the Coubertin foundry. Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse (France), 2008.
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Ousmane Sow (1935-2016). Family scene and Sacrifice scene (Peul series). Exhibition on the Pont-des-Arts. Paris (VIth arrondissement), 1999.
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Ousmane Sow (1935-2016), Senegalese sculptor, in front of "Victor Hugo", sculpture made in 2002, and "Gavroche". Dakar (Senegal).
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Ousmane Sow (1935-2016). Victor Hugo. Dakar (Senegal), 2002.
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Ousmane Sow (1935-2016). The standing warrior (Nuba series), 1987.
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Sculpture of General de Gaulle made by Ousmane Sow (1935-2016), Senegalese sculptor, in the artist's studio. In the line of Victor Hugo sculptures made in 2002, this sculpture is a part of a new series of monumental sculpture entitled "Merci" (Thank you), as a tribute to the great men that help him not giving up hope on mankind. Dakar (Senegal), 2008.
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Ousmane Sow (1935-2016). The standing warrior (Nuba series). Exhibition on the Pont-des-Arts. Paris (VIth arrondissement), 1999.
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Ousmane Sow (1935-2016). Ousmane Sow's father (The giants series). Dakar (Senegal), 2009.
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Ousmane Sow (1935-2016). Sitting Bull praying (The Battle of the Little Bighorn series). Exhibition on the Pont-des-Arts. Paris (VIth arrondissement), 1999.
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Ousmane Sow (1935-2016). Family scene (Peul series). Exhibition on the Pont-des-Arts. Paris (VIth arrondissement), 1999.
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Ousmane Sow (1935-2016). Woman and warrior quenching their thirst (Zulu series). Exhibition on the Pont-des-Arts. Paris (VIth arrondissement), 1999.
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Ousmane Sow (1935-2016). The standing warrior (Masaï series), 1989. Exhibition on the Pont-des-Arts. Paris (VIth arrondissement), 1999.
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Ousmane Sow (1935-2016). Family scene (Peul series). Detail of the woman, 1993. Exhibition on the Pont-des-Arts. Paris (VIth arrondissement), 1999.
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Exhibiton of sculptures by Ousmane Sow (1935-2016), Senegalese sculptor, on the Pont-des-Arts. Paris (VIth arrondissement), 1999.
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Exhibiton of sculptures by Ousmane Sow (1935-2016), Senegalese sculptor, on the Pont-des-Arts. Paris (VIth arrondissement), 1999.
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Ousmane Sow (1935-2016), Senegalese sculptor, on the Pont-des-Arts during his exhibition. Paris, 1999.
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Ousmane Sow (1935-2016). Plaiting scene (Peul series), 1993. Surroundings of Toubab Dialaw (Sénégal), 1995.
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Ousmane Sow (1935-2016). Victor Hugo (The great men series). Sculpture in his studio. Dakar (Senegal), 2002.
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Ousmane Sow (1935-2016), Senegalese sculptor, with his statue of Victor Hugo (The Great men series). Dakar (Senegal), 2002.
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Ousmane Sow (1935-2016), Senegalese sculptor, surrounded by his work "The Battle of the Little Bighorn Battle), in his studio. Dakar (Senegal), 1997.
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Ousmane Sow (1935-2016), Senegalese sculptor, working on the Battle of the Little Bighorn series : Dead horses for the sculpture of "Two Moon being attacked" . Dakar (Senegal), 1998.
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Ousmane Sow (1935-2016). Bronze sculpture of "The standing warrior" (Masaï series) at the Coubertin foundry. Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse (France), 2005.
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Ousmane Sow (1935-2016). The reclining Nuba (Nuba series), 1987.
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Ousmane Sow (1935-2016). Bronze sculpture of "The standing warrior" (Masaï series) at the Coubertin foundry. Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse (France), 2006.
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Ousmane Sow (1936-2016). Bronze sculpture of the General de Gaulle, in the artist's studio. In the line of Victor Hugo sculptures made in 2002, this sculpture is a part of a new series of monumental sculpture entitled "Merci" (Thank you), as a tribute to the great men that help him not giving up hope on mankind. Dakar (Senegal), 2008.
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Ousmane Sow (1935-2016), Senegalese sculptor, in front of one of his works "The standing warrior" (Masaï series). Dakar (Senegal), 1997.
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Ousmane Sow (1935-2016). The attack of Two Moon (The Battle of the Little Bighorn series), 1998. Abbey of Daoulas (Finistère), 2000.
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Ousmane Sow (1935-2016). The wounded Indian ; The end of a journey (The Battle of the Little Bighorn series), 1998. Exhibition in Dakar (Senegal), 1999.
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Ousmane Sow (1935-2016). The attack of Two Moon ; The end of a journey (The Battle of the Little Bighorn series), 1998. Exhibition in Dakar (Senegal), 1999.
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Ousmane Sow (1935-2016). The wise man. Studio in Dakar (Senegal), 2002.
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Ousmane Sow (1935-2016). The wise man. Dakar (Senegal), 2002.
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Ousmane Sow (1935-2016). The immigrant. Sculpture installed in Geneva (Switzerland) on May 2008. Dakar (Senegal), 2008.
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Ousmane Sow (1935-2016). Make-up scene (Little Nuba series). Bronze, 2006.
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Ousmane Sow (1935-2016). "La Mère et l'enfant" (The mother and her child), (Masaï series), 1995.
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Ousmane Sow (1935-2016), Senegalese sculptor, in his studio in Grand Médine, near Dakar, and the structure of a horse. The beginning of the creation of The Battle of the Little Bighorn, 1995.
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Ousmane Sow (1935-2016), Senegalese sculptor, and a Nuba wrestler (Nuba series). La Chaux-de-Fond (Switzerland), 1994.
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