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Methodists meet to find ways of reducing racial, cultural and class barriers which divide them, Daveytown, Benoni

Photograph
1980 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

A black and white photograph of an audience in an assembly hall. The women in the first row are wrapped in blankets and seem to listen attentively to a talk or a sermon.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleMethodists meet to find ways of reducing racial, cultural and class barriers which divide them, Daveytown, Benoni (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
gelatin silver print
Brief description
'Methodists meet to find ways of reducing racial, cultural and class barriers which devide them, Daveytown, Benoni', gelatin silver print by David Goldblatt, 1980.
Physical description
A black and white photograph of an audience in an assembly hall. The women in the first row are wrapped in blankets and seem to listen attentively to a talk or a sermon.
Dimensions
  • Image height: 270mm
  • Image width: 270mm
  • Sheet height: 303mm
  • Sheet width: 303mm
Style
Marks and inscriptions
  • Copyright by David Goldblatt Box 1464, Johannesburg, South Africa (artist's studio and copyright wetstamp, centre verso)
  • titled, dated 1980, signe (pencil, bottom and right centre verso)
  • various annotations (pencil verso)
Credit line
Gift of David Goldblatt, 1987
Subjects depicted
Places depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Goldblatt, David. In Boksburg. New York: Errata Editions, 2010. Illustrated plate 36.
  • Goldblatt, David. In Boksburg. Cape Town: The Gallery Press, 1982. Illustrated plate 63.
Collection
Accession number
E.82-1992

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Record createdApril 16, 2008
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