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At the 50th anniversary celebrations of the National Party; senior members of the party, De Wildt, Transvaal

Photograph
10/1964 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

A black and white photograph of a group of elderly women and men sitting in a row. They are elegantly dressed, all of them wearing hats, some of them wearing sunglasses.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleAt the 50th anniversary celebrations of the National Party; senior members of the party, De Wildt, Transvaal (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
gelatin silver print
Brief description
'At the 50th anniversary celebrations of the National Party; senior members of the party, De Wildt, Transvaal', gelatin silver print by David Goldblatt,1964.
Physical description
A black and white photograph of a group of elderly women and men sitting in a row. They are elegantly dressed, all of them wearing hats, some of them wearing sunglasses.
Dimensions
  • Image height: 20cm
  • Image width: 29.8cm
  • Sheet height: 27.8cm
  • Sheet width: 35.4cm
Style
Marks and inscriptions
  • Copyright by David Goldblatt Box 1464, Johannesburg, South Africa (artist's studio and copyright wetstamp, centre verso)
  • titled, Oct. 1964, signed (pencil, bottom and centre right verso)
  • various annotations (pencil, upper left verso)
Credit line
Gift of David Goldblatt, 1987
Production
Title as appears on verso. This title slightly differs from the one published by the artist's gallery, Michael Stevenson, where the work is entitled: 'senior members of the National Party listen to speeches at the party's 50th anniversary celebrations, De Wildt, Transvaal (North/West Province), October 1964'.
Subjects depicted
Place depicted
Bibliographic reference
Goldblatt, David. Some Afrikaners Revisited. Roggebaai, South Africa: Umuzi, 2007.
Collection
Accession number
E.10-1992

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Record createdJuly 25, 2003
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