Family at Lunch, Wheatlands Plots, Randfontein
Photograph
9/1962 (photographed)
9/1962 (photographed)
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A black and white photograph of a farmers family grouped around a table, the father in dungarees sitting in the centre of the picture, the boy on the left, the mother standing on the right. There is bread and peanut butter on the table along with some mugs and spoons.
Object details
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| Title | Family at Lunch, Wheatlands Plots, Randfontein (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | gelatin silver print |
| Brief description | 'Family at lunch, Wheatlands Plots, Randfontein', gelatin silver print by David Goldblatt, September 1962. |
| Physical description | A black and white photograph of a farmers family grouped around a table, the father in dungarees sitting in the centre of the picture, the boy on the left, the mother standing on the right. There is bread and peanut butter on the table along with some mugs and spoons. |
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| 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, his wife and their eldest son at lunch, Wheatlands, near Randfontein, Transvaal (Gauteng), September 1962'. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Goldblatt, David. Some Afrikaners Revisited. Roggebaai, South Africa: Umuzi, 2007. |
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| Accession number | E.7-1992 |
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| Record created | July 25, 2003 |
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