Indigola Cabinet
2014
Designer
- Hamed Ouattara, Burkinabè, 1971-
- Born: Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
- Work Locations: Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Country
Burkina Faso
Object
cabinet
Medium
Reclaimed oil drums
Accession Number
2023.204
Credit Line
Funds from the Architecture and Design Collectors' Council with additional support from Nancy Leprino
Hamed Ouattara, Indigola Cabinet, 2014. Reclaimed oil drums; 48 × 34 × 13 1/8 in. Denver Art Museum: Funds from the Architecture and Design Collectors' Council with additional support from Nancy Leprino, 2023.204. © 2022 Studio Hamed Ouattara, All rights reserved
Dimensions
height: 48 in, 121.92 cm; width: 34 in, 86.36 cm; depth: 13 1/8 in, 33.3375 cm
Edition
Edition of 13 and two artist proofs
Department
Architecture and Design
Collection
Architecture and Design
This object is currently on view
The title of this cabinet and its colors reference indigo, a natural dye. Indigo has been an important and prevalent material used in textile production in West Africa for generations. For Europeans, indigo was a scarce and high-status commodity throughout the Middle Ages. As late as the 1600s and 1700s, dried cakes of the pigment were referred to as “blue gold” and used as currency in the British colonies, including as payment for enslaved Africans.
Known Provenance
Hamed Ouattara; (mebl | Transforming Furniture), New York; Purchased by the Denver Art Museum, 2023
Exhibition History
- “By Design: Stories and Ideas Behind Objects (2nd Rotation)” — Denver Art Museum, 2/5/2024 – 2/5/2025
