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Group Portrait

1900–1920
Not on view
This photograph, printed for the exhibition from the original glass negative also exhibited, exemplifies Acolatse’s activity as a portrait photographer of the upper class. Here, he captures a group of men posing outdoors in front of a large painted backdrop of an aristocratic interior. While Acolatse would have most likely cropped the final print, his wide framing reveals the wall of a building and the sand of the street of Lomé, and betrays the tension between reality and photographic fiction.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Group Portrait
  • Artist: Alex Agbaglo Acolatse (Togolese, Kedzi 1880–1975 Lomé)
  • Date: 1900–1920
  • Geography: Togo
  • Medium: Glass, emulsion
  • Dimensions: 6 1/2 × 8 1/2 in. (16.5 × 21.6 cm)
  • Classification: Negatives
  • Credit Line: Anonymous Gift, in honor of Agamah Ayao, to the Visual Resource Archive, The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing
  • Object Number: N.A.2015.7
  • Curatorial Department: The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing

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Group of church women and pastor, Alex Agbaglo Acolatse Togolese, Gelatin silver print
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