Mural sculpture at Esso Petrol station. Oshogbo, Nigeria

Object Details

Local Numbers: EENG-VIII-36, 26A.
General: Title source: Index card based on photographer's notes.
Local Note: Typed index card reads, "S 2 Yrb. Yoruba. Nigeria, Oshogbo. Cement screen by Adebisi Akanji, 1966. Feb.-Mar. 1971. EE. neg.no. VIII-36, 26A." The card was written in 1977-79 by Archives staff using source provided by photographer.

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Archival Repository: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

Type: Archival materials; Negatives (photographic); Black-and-white negatives; Negatives

Collection Citation: Eliot Elisofon Field Collection, EEPA 1973-001, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution

Collection Rights: Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. Where noted, some images remain under the copyright of Life/Shutterstock. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.

Scope and Contents: "At a later experimental school conducted by Suzanne Wenger for the Oshogbo Mbari Club, students were introduced to cement sculture. One result was the emergence of Adebisi Akanji and Buraimoh Gbadamosi, who had been doing some stone carving." [Tayo Adenaike, 1995: The Oshogbo Experiment; Seven Stories about Modern Art in Africa. Flammarion]. The photograph depicts a cement screen created in mid-1960s by Adebisi Akinji. This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon was on assignment for Westinghouse Film and traveled to Africa from October 26, 1970 to end of March 1971.

Collection Restrictions: Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.