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Chairman of the Boksburg Town Council's Management Committee, Councillor Chris Smith, and Mrs Smith, at home, Boksburg

Photograph
1980 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

A black and white photograph of a couple sitting in modern arm chairs in a heavily decorated living room. Over the former fire place between them hangs a massive portrait of a woman in a wedding dress and a veil, holding a bouquet.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleChairman of the Boksburg Town Council's Management Committee, Councillor Chris Smith, and Mrs Smith, at home, Boksburg (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
gelatin silver print
Brief description
'Chairman of the Boksburg Town Council's Management Committee, Councillor Chris Smith, and Mrs Smith, at home, Boksburg', gelatin silver print by David Goldblatt, 1980.
Physical description
A black and white photograph of a couple sitting in modern arm chairs in a heavily decorated living room. Over the former fire place between them hangs a massive portrait of a woman in a wedding dress and a veil, holding a bouquet.
Dimensions
  • Image height: 23cm
  • Image width: 23cm
  • Sheet height: 30.3cm
  • Sheet width: 30.3cm
Size of image: 23 x 23 cm Size of sheet: 30.3 x 30.3 cm
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 14.
  • Goldblatt, David. In Boksburg. Cape Town: The Gallery Press, 1982. Illustrated plate 19.
Collection
Accession number
E.84-1992

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Record createdMarch 17, 2009
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