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Margaret Mcingana at home, Sunday afternoon, Zola, Soweto.

Photograph
10/1970 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

A black and white photograph of a woman reclining on a settee and smoking a cigarette. The depicted room is simply furnished and has brick walls.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleMargaret Mcingana at home, Sunday afternoon, Zola, Soweto.
Materials and techniques
gelatin silver print
Brief description
'Margaret Mcingana at home, Sunday afternoon, Zola, Soweto', gelatin silver print by David Goldblatt, October 1970.
Physical description
A black and white photograph of a woman reclining on a settee and smoking a cigarette. The depicted room is simply furnished and has brick walls.
Dimensions
  • Image height: 46.5cm
  • Image width: 36.4cm
  • Sheet height: 50.6cm
  • Sheet width: 40.2cm
Size of image: 46.5 x 36.4 cm Size of sheet: 50.6 x 40.2 cm
Style
Marks and inscriptions
  • titled, dated 1970, signed (pencil verso)
  • Copyright by David Goldblatt Box 1464, Johannesburg, South Africa (artist's studio and copyright wetstamp, centre verso)
  • various annotations (pencil verso)
Credit line
Gift of David Goldblatt, 1987
Production
Title as appears on verso.
Subjects depicted
Places depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Goldblatt, David / Gordimer, Nadine. Lifetimes: Under Apartheid. London: Jonathan Cape, 1986. Illustrated p. 43
  • Goldblatt, David. Kith, kin & khaya: South African photographs. Johannesburg: Goodman Gallery Editions, 2010. Illustrated p. 153, 197
Collection
Accession number
E.25-1992

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Record createdMarch 17, 2009
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