Family portrait with one boy and father in Kente cloth

Alex Agbaglo Acolatse

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

Untrimmed black and white photograph (printed by Jerry L. Thompson in 1975, NY.) The subject is a seated group of man, woman, and young child. The man wears a common buttoned chemise overlaid with a dark, horizontally-striped prestige cloth. The woman sports a head wrap, a simple blouse and a patterned skirt while the child wears a casual white cotton sleeveless shirt. The group sits in chairs in an outdoor setting, evidenced by the exterior of a building in the background. The image is tightly cropped around the group and is taken from an angle slightly above their heads.

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