Untitled #7, Mavis and Mary Barnor with an Agfa advertising ball, Accra

1970, printed 2023

James Barnor

Associated Names
James Barnor

Artist, Ghanaian, born 1929

The image features two young individuals standing in a relaxed manner facing the camera. Both have short, textured hair and wear flat caps. The individual on the left wears a green swimsuit with white and pink stripes, blue slip-on shoes, and holds a large red ball with the word "byblos" printed on it. The individual on the right wears a blue swimsuit with similar stripes and is barefoot. The background consists of a light-colored wall and terrazzo floor.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    chromogenic print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred H. Moses and Fern M. Schad Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 29 × 29 cm (11 7/16 × 11 7/16 in.)
    sheet: 40 × 32 cm (15 3/4 × 12 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2025.26.2

  • Copyright

    © James Barnor / Courtesy Galerie Clementine de la Feronnière

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Galerie Clémentine de la Féronnière, Paris); NGA purchase, 2025.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

signed by artist, lower right below image in black ink: James Barnor; embossed stamp, bottom left of print, in circle: GALERIE - CLEMENTINE - DE LA FERONNIERE CF; on verso, by artist, lower left corner in black ink: 4/10

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