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Property developers' billboard, Sunward Park, Boksburg

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

A black and white photograph of a property developers' billboard showing a blond haired model family in front of a model home.


Object details

Categories
Africa
Photographs
Object type
Photograph
TitleProperty developers' billboard, Sunward Park, Boksburg (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
gelatin silver print
Photographic Paper
Gelatin Silver Process
Brief description
'Property developer's billboard, Sunward Park, Boksburg', gelatin silver print by David Goldblatt, 1980.
Physical description
A black and white photograph of a property developers' billboard showing a blond haired model family in front of a model home.
Dimensions
  • Image height: 30cm
  • Image width: 24cm
  • Sheet height: 35.4cm
  • Sheet width: 27.8cm
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
Billboards
Place depicted
Boksburg
Bibliographic references
  • Goldblatt, David. In Boksburg. New York: Errata Editions, 2010.
  • Goldblatt, David. In Boksburg. Cape Town: The Gallery Press, 1982.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.74-1992

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Record createdApril 17, 2008
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O152871/property-developers-billboard-sunward-park-photograph-goldblatt/
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