The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 24, 2024
Marcus Garvey (right) with George O. Marke (left) and Prince Kojo Tovalu-Houenou
1924
(American, 1886–1983)
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.)
© Donna Mussenden VanDerZee
Location: not on view
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.- A New York Minute: Street Photography, 1920-1950. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 11-November 7, 2021).
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1999.54