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House of the farmworker's younger wife, Thabazimbi, Transvaal
Goldblatt, David, born 1930 - Enlarge image
House of the farmworker's younger wife, Thabazimbi, Transvaal
- Object:
Photograph
- Place of origin:
South Africa (photographed)
- Date:
1985 (photographed)
- Artist/Maker:
Goldblatt, David, born 1930 (photographer)
- Materials and Techniques:
gelatin silver print
- Credit Line:
Gift of David Goldblatt, 1987
- Museum number:
E.104-1992
- Gallery location:
Prints & Drawings Study Room, level H, case X, shelf 935, box D
Physical description
A black and white photograph of a colourful painted mud hut with a corrugated tin roof. Something which looks like an eye is painted on the wall on the left hand side of the door. Through the open door a double bed is visible. A telegraph / power pole stands on the left hand side behind the building.
Place of Origin
South Africa (photographed)
Date
1985 (photographed)
Artist/maker
Goldblatt, David, born 1930 (photographer)
Materials and Techniques
gelatin silver print
Marks and inscriptions
Copyright by David Goldblatt Box 1464, Johannesburg, South Africa
titled, dated 1985, signed
various annotations
Dimensions
Height: 26.7 cm image, Width: 35.6 cm image, Height: 30.2 cm sheet, Width: 40.3 cm sheet
Descriptive line
'House of the farm worker's younger wife, Thabazimbi, Transvaal', gelatin silver print by David Goldblatt, 1985.
Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)
Goldblatt, David. South Africa. The Structure of Things Then. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998.
Materials
Photographic paper
Techniques
Gelatin silver process
Subjects depicted
South Africa; Apartheid; Huts
Categories
Africa; Photographs
Collection code
PDP
