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Workers of the Progressive Federal Party checking voters rolls, Boksburg.

Photograph
1980 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

A black and white photograph of a man and an elderly woman sitting at a table and working through papers. Both are wearing dark rimmed glasses, she has white hair, he is wearing a leather jacket. The wall in the background is decorated with cut-out silhouettes of three flying geese.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleWorkers of the Progressive Federal Party checking voters rolls, Boksburg. (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
gelatin silver print
Brief description
'Workers of the Progressive Federal Party checking voters rolls, Boksburg', gelatin silver print by David Goldblatt, 1980.
Physical description
A black and white photograph of a man and an elderly woman sitting at a table and working through papers. Both are wearing dark rimmed glasses, she has white hair, he is wearing a leather jacket. The wall in the background is decorated with cut-out silhouettes of three flying geese.
Dimensions
  • Image height: 19.9cm
  • Image width: 20.1cm
  • Sheet height: 30.3cm
  • Sheet width: 30.4cm
Size of image: 19.9 x 20.1 cm Size of sheet: 30.3 x 30.4 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, signed (pencil 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 35.
  • Goldblatt, David. In Boksburg. Cape Town: The Gallery Press, 1982. Illustrated plate 60.
Collection
Accession number
E.90-1992

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Record createdMarch 17, 2009
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