Three small Kikuyu boys sell sweet-peas along a road in Nairobi, Kenya.

Three small Kikuyu boys sell sweet-peas along a road in Nairobi, Kenya.

Photograph

Nickolas Muray

Maker
American, b. Hungary, 1892–1965

Three small Kikuyu boys sell sweet-peas along a road in Nairobi, Kenya.

Despite political troubles (recent when we were there) the children were friendly, persistent, and irresistible, and we bought the lot.


From The Great Tribes of Africa


ca. 1957
Gelatin silver print
Image: 26.5 x 34 cm
Mount: 28 x 35.5 cm
Gift of Mrs. Nickolas Muray
Inscriptions verso (typed label):

verso (stamp): Photo by Muray / Mrs. Nickolas Muray / 2401 River Road / Pt. Pleasant New Jersey

verso, label (stamp): Photo by Muray / Mrs. Nickolas Muray / 333 E. 49th St. - 6B / New York 17, N.Y.
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