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The Mayor's parlour at the Town Hall, Boksburg

Photograph
1980 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Goldblatt, David (photographer)
Place of origin
South Africa (photographed)

A black and white photograph of a leather lounge suit in a panelled room. On the wall behind the suit is a portrait gallery of people in ceremonial robes and chains, the former mayors of the town.


Object details

Categories
Africa
Photographs
Object type
Photograph
TitleThe Mayor's parlour at the Town Hall, Boksburg (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
gelatin silver print
Photographic Paper
Gelatin Silver Process
Brief description
'The mayor's parlour at the Town Hall, Boksburg', gelatin silver print by David Goldblatt, 1980.
Physical description
A black and white photograph of a leather lounge suit in a panelled room. On the wall behind the suit is a portrait gallery of people in ceremonial robes and chains, the former mayors of the town.
Dimensions
  • Image height: 27.3cm
  • Image width: 35cm
  • Sheet height: 30.3cm
  • Sheet width: 40.3cm
Style
Documentary
Marks and inscriptions
  • Copyright by David Goldblatt Box 1464, Johannesburg, South Africa (artist's studio and copyright wetstamp, centre verso)
  • titled, dated 1980, signed (pencil, bottom and right centre verso)
  • various annotations (pencil verso)
Credit line
Gift of David Goldblatt, 1987
Production
Titel as appears on verso.
Subjects depicted
Apartheid
Chairs
Parlours
Places depicted
South Africa
Boksburg
Bibliographic references
  • Goldblatt, David. In Boksburg. New York: Errata Editions, 2010. Illustrated plate 40.
  • Goldblatt, David. In Boksburg. Cape Town: The Gallery Press, 1982. Illustrated plate 70.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.77-1992

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Record createdApril 16, 2008
Record URL
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