James VanDerZee
Untitled (Garvey, Prince Tovalou, and George Marke)
1924
A gelatin silver print by James Van Der Zee (1886–1983) depicting Marcus Garvey, Prince Tuvalu, and George Marke — leaders of the Universal Negro Improvement Association — photographed in Van Der Zee's Harlem studio in the 1920s. As the unofficial documentarian of the Harlem Renaissance and Garvey's movement, Van Der Zee produced the definitive visual record of early 20th-century African-American civic and cultural life. The Art Institute of Chicago holds an important group of his prints.
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Image source: Art Institute of Chicago