Fragile legacies : the photographs of Solomon Osagie Alonge / Amy J. Staples, Flora Edouwaye S. Kaplan, and Bryna M. Freyer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Staples, Amy J., 1958- author.

Kaplan, Flora S., author.

Freyer, Bryna, 1949- author.

Contributor:

National Museum of African Art (U.S.), host institution.

Nigeria. National Commission for Museums and Monuments, host institution.

Perkins Architectural Rare Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Alonge, Solomon Osagie, 1911-1994--Exhibitions.

Alonge, Solomon Osagie.

Portrait photography--Nigeria--Exhibitions.

Portrait photography.

Bini (African people)--Pictorial works.

Bini (African people).

Photographers, Black--Nigeria--Exhibitions.

Photographers, Black.

Photographers--Nigeria--Benin.

Photographers.

Benin (Kingdom)--History--Pictorial works.

Benin (Kingdom).

Benin (Kingdom)--Social life and customs--Pictorial works.

Nigeria--Benin.

Nigeria.

Genre:

Pictorial works.

Exhibition catalogs.

Illustrated works.

Physical Description:

210 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm

Other Title:

Exhibition title: Chief S.O. Alonge : photographer to the Royal Court of Benin, Nigeria

Place of Publication:

London : Giles, [2017]

Notes:

From title page: "With contributions from Kokunre Agbontaen-Eghafona, Eni Ehizibue Ehikhamenor, Tam Fiofori, Daniel E. Inneh, George Osodi, Theophilus Umogbai".

From title page verso: "Fragile legacies : the photographs of Solomon Osagie Alonge is published in conjunction with the exhibition Chief S.O. Alonge: Photographer to the Royal Court of Benin, Nigeria, organized by the National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 196-199) and index.

Forward by Johnnetta Betsch Cole.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Perkins Architectural Rare Book Fund.

ISBN:

9780965600156

0965600157

9781907804991

1907804994

OCLC:

964893023