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Railway shunter who dreamed of a garden watered by his dam, Koksoord, Randfontein

Photograph
1962 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

A black and white photograph of a man standing at a pond in front of a small house. The scene is reflected in the surface of the pond together with a windmill and a bright sky with fluffy clouds. The reflection covers two thirds of the image.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleRailway shunter who dreamed of a garden watered by his dam, Koksoord, Randfontein (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
gelatin silver print
Brief description
'Railway shunter who dreamed of a garden watered by his dam, Koksoord, Randfontein', gelatin silver print by David Goldblatt, 1962.
Physical description
A black and white photograph of a man standing at a pond in front of a small house. The scene is reflected in the surface of the pond together with a windmill and a bright sky with fluffy clouds. The reflection covers two thirds of the image.
Dimensions
  • Image height: 30cm
  • Image width: 20cm
  • Sheet height: 35.1cm
  • Sheet width: 27.9cm
Style
Marks and inscriptions
  • Copyright by David Goldblatt Box 1464, Johannesburg, South Africa (artist's studio and copyright wetstamp, centre verso)
  • titled, dated 1962, signed (pencil, top and lower centre verso)
  • various annotations (pencil verso)
Credit line
Gift of David Goldblatt, 1987
Production
Title as appears on verso. This title differs from the one published by the artist's gallery, Michael Stevenson, where the work is entitled: 'A plot-holder who shunted trains and dreamed of growing a garden, with no bricks or concrete in it, watered by his dam, Koksoord, Randfontein, Transvaal, (Gauteng), 1962'.
Subjects depicted
Place depicted
Bibliographic reference
Goldblatt, David. Some Afrikaners Revisited. Roggebaai, South Africa: Umuzi, 2007.
Collection
Accession number
E.6-1992

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Record createdJuly 25, 2003
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