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Funeral of trade union leader Andries Raditsela, who died of 'unknown causes' shortly after release from detention in the hands of the Security Police, Tsakane, Brakpan

Photograph
1985 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Goldblatt, David (photographer)
Place of origin
South Africa (photographed)

A black and white photograph showing a crowd of people demonstrating. Some of them have raised their fists. On the left hand side of the image you can see a row of banners, the one in the foreground reads 'Revolution' and shows the image of a gun.


Object details

Categories
Africa
Photographs
Object type
Photograph
TitleFuneral of trade union leader Andries Raditsela, who died of 'unknown causes' shortly after release from detention in the hands of the Security Police, Tsakane, Brakpan (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
gelatin silver print
Photographic Paper
Gelatin Silver Process
Brief description
'Funeral of trade union leader Andries Raditsela, who died of 'unknown causes' shortly after release from detention in the hands of the Security Police, Tsakane, Brakpan', gelatin silver print by David Goldblatt, 1985.
Physical description
A black and white photograph showing a crowd of people demonstrating. Some of them have raised their fists. On the left hand side of the image you can see a row of banners, the one in the foreground reads 'Revolution' and shows the image of a gun.
Dimensions
  • Image height: 19.8cm
  • Image width: 29.2cm
  • Sheet height: 27.8cm
  • Sheet width: 35.3cm
Style
Documentary
Marks and inscriptions
  • Copyright by David Goldblatt Box 1464, Johannesburg, South Africa (artist's studio and copyright wetstamp, verso)
  • titled, dated 1985, signed (pencil verso)
  • various annotations (pencil verso)
Credit line
Gift of David Goldblatt, 1987
Subject depicted
Apartheid
Place depicted
South Africa
Bibliographic reference
Goldblatt, David / Gordimer, Nadine. Lifetimes: Under Apartheid. London: Jonathan Cape, 1986.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.111-1992

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Record createdMay 14, 2008
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O154660/funeral-of-trade-union-leader-photograph-goldblatt-david/
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