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Picnic at Hartebeespoort Dam on New Year's Day, Transvaal (North West Province)

Photograph
1965 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

A black and white photograph of a group of young people fooling around in front of a car on a meadow. In the foreground an infant in a chequered shirt is sitting on a blanket drinking from a baby-bottle.


Object details

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Object type
TitlePicnic at Hartebeespoort Dam on New Year's Day, Transvaal (North West Province) (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Gelatin silver print
Brief description
Photograph by David Goldblatt, 'Picnic at Hartebeespoort Dam on New Year's Day, Transvaal (North West Province)', 1965, gelatin silver print
Physical description
A black and white photograph of a group of young people fooling around in front of a car on a meadow. In the foreground an infant in a chequered shirt is sitting on a blanket drinking from a baby-bottle.
Dimensions
  • Image height: 23.3cm
  • Image width: 15.6cm
  • Sheet height: 25.2cm
  • Sheet width: 20.1cm
Style
Marks and inscriptions
  • Copyright by David Goldblatt Box 1464, Johannesburg, South Africa (artist's studio and copyright wetstamp, centre verso)
  • titled, dated 1965, signed (pencil verso)
  • various annotations (pencil verso)
Credit line
Gift of David Goldblatt, 1987
Subjects depicted
Place depicted
Bibliographic reference
Goldblatt, David. Some Afrikaners Revisited. Roggebaai, South Africa: Umuzi, 2007. Illustrated p. 215
Collection
Accession number
E.16-1992

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Record createdApril 16, 2008
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