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Sow, Ousmane, 1935-2016

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Personal name headingSow, Ousmane, 1935-2016
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Associated countrySenegal
Birth date1935-10-10
Death date2016-12-01
Place of birthDakar (Senegal)
Place of deathDakar (Senegal)
Field of activityFigure sculpture Figure sculpture, African
Profession or occupationSculptors
Found inOusmane Sow, c1995: p. 163 (b. 10/10/35, Dakar; sculptor)
New York times WWW site, viewed Dec. 2, 2016 (in obituary published Dec. 1: Ousmane Sow; b. Oct. 10, 1935, Dakar; d. there Thursday [Dec. 1, 2016], aged 81; often called the Auguste Rodin of Senegal; earned an international reputation for his expressive sculptures of the Nuba, Masai, and other African peoples)