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Marcus Garvey (right) with George O. Marke (left) and Prince Kojo Tovalu-Houenou

1924

James Van Der Zee

(American, 1886–1983)
Culture
America
Medium
gelatin silver print
Measurements
Image: 17 x 21.5 cm (6 11/16 x 8 7/16 in.); Matted: 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.)
Credit Line
The Jane B. Tripp Charitable Lead Annuity Trust 1999.54
Copyright
© Donna Mussenden VanDerZee
This artwork is known to be under copyright.
Location
Not on view
Print

Description

James Van Der Zee photographed the activities of the Universal Negro Improvement Association and caught its founder, Marcus Garvey, in a more casual grouping with a colleague and Prince Kojo Tovalu-Houénou of the Royal Family of Dahomey (located in present-day Benin) during the organization’s 1924 convention. Since the background was distracting, Van Der Zee lightened and blurred it.
Black-and-white photograph of three standing men with medium skin tones wearing suits, each labeled in white, all-capital letters across the bottom of the photograph: on the left, "MR. MARKS," center "PRINCE TAVOLO," right, "MARCUS GARVY." They all look at us, the central Prince Tavolo wearing a white suite and fedora hat, while Mark's suit appears a darker grey, Garvy's a lighter, both holding their fedoras. The background has been washed out to a hazy white.

Marcus Garvey (right) with George O. Marke (left) and Prince Kojo Tovalu-Houenou

1924

James Van Der Zee

(American, 1886–1983)
America

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