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Unidentified girl, Mali

1949, printed 2000-2002

Hector Acebes

Colombian, 1921 - 2017

Gelatin silver print

20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm)

Gift of Hector Acebes Archive

2023.14.3

Provenance: Printed by artist for his archive from 2000-2002. Managed by Ed Marquand, Director of the Hector Acebes Archive from 2000- present

Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistoryAtlanta, Georgia, Spelman College Museum of Art, Engaging the Camera: African Women, Portraits and the Photographs of Hector Acebes, October 28, 2004 - February 21, 2005 (Coral Gables, Florida, Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Dec. 3, 2005 - Jan. 22, 2006; Binghamton, New York, Binghamton University Art Museum, Sept. 8 - Nov. 17, 2006; Houston, Texas, University Art Museum, Texas Southern University, Mar. 10 - Apr. 23, 2006; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Sol Mednick Gallery, University of the Arts, June 2 - Aug. 11, 2006).

Published ReferencesAcebes, Hector; Brielmaier, Isolde; Marquand, Ed. Hector Acebes: Portraits in Africa, 1948-1953. Seattle, Washington: Marquand Books, 2004, reproduced p. 38.

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