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Cup Final, Orlando Stadium, Soweto.

Photograph
11/1972 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

A black and white photograph of the inside of a stadium. On the track a convertible is passing by with a woman on the backseat waving to the cheering crowd on the stadium stands. In the foreground, a policeman is holding a German shepherd dog on a leash.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleCup Final, Orlando Stadium, Soweto. (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
gelatin silver print
Brief description
'Cup Final, Orlando Stadium, Soweto', gelatin silver print by David Goldblatt, November 1972.
Physical description
A black and white photograph of the inside of a stadium. On the track a convertible is passing by with a woman on the backseat waving to the cheering crowd on the stadium stands. In the foreground, a policeman is holding a German shepherd dog on a leash.
Dimensions
  • Image height: 26.7cm
  • Image width: 26.7cm
  • Sheet height: 30.3cm
  • Sheet width: 30.1cm
Size of image: 26.7 x 26.7 cm Size of sheet: 30.3 x 30.1 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
Associated object
PH.60-1987 (Duplicate)
Bibliographic references
  • Goldblatt, David. Fifty-one Years. Barcelona: Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona, 2001. Illustrated p. 152.
  • Goldblatt, David. Kith, kin & khaya: South African photographs. Johannesburg: Goodman Gallery Editions, 2010. Illustrated p. 154, 197.
  • Goldblatt, David. TJ. Johannesburg Photographs 1948-2010. Rome: Contrasto, 2010. Illustrated p. 98.
Collection
Accession number
E.42-1992

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Record createdMarch 17, 2009
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