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George and Sarah Manyani, Emdeni Extension, Soweto.

Photograph
08/1972 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

A black and white photograph of a couple in their home. The man wears a suit and a hat and is standing in the doorway in the foreground, facing the beholder. The woman is sitting in a chair in the background, equally turning to the beholder.

Techniques: Gelatin-silver print


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleGeorge and Sarah Manyani, Emdeni Extension, Soweto. (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
gelatin silver print
Brief description
'George and Sarah Manyani, Emdeni Extension, Soweto', gelatin silver print by David Goldblatt, August 1972.
Physical description
A black and white photograph of a couple in their home. The man wears a suit and a hat and is standing in the doorway in the foreground, facing the beholder. The woman is sitting in a chair in the background, equally turning to the beholder.

Techniques: Gelatin-silver print
Dimensions
  • Image height: 20cm
  • Image width: 20cm
  • Sheet height: 30.1cm
  • Sheet width: 30.3cm
Size of image: 20 x 20 cm Size of sheet: 30.1 x 30.3 cm
Style
Marks and inscriptions
  • titled, dated 1972, signed (pencil verso)
  • Copyright by David Goldblatt Box 1464, Johannesburg, South Africa (artist's studio and copyright wetstamp, verso)
  • various annotations (pencil verso)
Credit line
Gift of David Goldblatt, 1987
Subjects depicted
Places depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Goldblatt, David / Gordimer, Nadine. Lifetimes: Under Apartheid. London: Jonathan Cape, 1986. Illustrated p. 39
  • Goldblatt, David. Kith, kin & khaya: South African photographs. Johannesburg: Goodman Gallery Editions, 2010. Illustrated p. 157, 198
Collection
Accession number
E.28-1992

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Record createdMarch 17, 2009
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