Ghetto (Blaster)

Philip Kwame Apagya Ghanaian

2001, printed 2003

Not on view

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Title: Ghetto (Blaster)
Artist: Philip Kwame Apagya (Ghanaian, born Sekondi, 1958)
Date: 2001, printed 2003
Geography: Ghana
Medium: chromogenic print
Dimensions: Image: 27 1/4" x 19 1/4", 69.2 x 48.9 cm
Classification: Photographs
Credit Line: Purchase, Joseph and Ceil Mazer Foundation Inc. Gift, 2004
Object Number: 2004.110
Curatorial Department: The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing

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