A house painter at home on leave, Hillbrow, Johannesburg
Photograph
01/1973 (photographed)
01/1973 (photographed)
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A black and white photograph of a man only dressed in shorts sitting in a slightly ragged chair. He is reading a comic book and smoking a cigarette.
Object details
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| Title | A house painter at home on leave, Hillbrow, Johannesburg (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | gelatin silver print |
| Brief description | 'A house painter at home on leave, Hillbrow, Johannesburg', gelatin silver print by David Goldblatt, January 1973. |
| Physical description | A black and white photograph of a man only dressed in shorts sitting in a slightly ragged chair. He is reading a comic book and smoking a cigarette. |
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| Production | Title as appears on verso. This title slightly differs from the one used in 'David Goldblatt. Fifty-one Years' (Barcelona: MACBA, 2001), see references. |
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| Associated object | E.44-1992 (Duplicate) |
| Bibliographic reference | Goldblatt, David. Fifty-one Years. Barcelona: Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona, 2001. Illustrated p. 164. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | PH.669-1987 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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