Two dapper young men in pull cart

Alex Agbaglo Acolatse

1975 · Gelatin silver print · Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas

Untrimmed black and white photograph Black and white photograph (printed by Jerry L. Thompson in 1975, NY.) The subjects in this image are two suited men in a wooden pull cart; they are attended by a young boy in white shirt and black cap and the cart’s driver, a more mature man wearing a white shirt and wrap. An outdoor image, the setting includes at three visible structures, a sprawling tree, and a sign indicating the street name as “Küam Str.” The wooden window shutter on the building hangs slightly open and has the year ‘1910’ lightly scratched onto it.

Artist

Alex Agbaglo Acolatse

Date

1975

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Department

Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas

Credit line

Gift of Susan Mullin Vogel, 2015