Domestic servants waiting for the bus to take them home to the black township of Vosloorus, Boksburg.
Photograph
1980 (photographed)
1980 (photographed)
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A black and white photograph of a suburban street scenery. A group of black women waits in front of a supermarket, the 'Pick e' Save Food Centre'. Three of them have sat down on the sidewalk. The empty tarmac of the street covers the whole foreground of the image.
Object details
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| Title | Domestic servants waiting for the bus to take them home to the black township of Vosloorus, Boksburg. (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | gelatin silver print |
| Brief description | 'Domestic servants waiting for the bus to take them home to the black township of Vosloorus, Boksburg', gelatin silver print by David Goldblatt, 1980. |
| Physical description | A black and white photograph of a suburban street scenery. A group of black women waits in front of a supermarket, the 'Pick e' Save Food Centre'. Three of them have sat down on the sidewalk. The empty tarmac of the street covers the whole foreground of the image. |
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| Credit line | Gift of David Goldblatt, 1987 |
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| Accession number | E.85-1992 |
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| Record created | March 17, 2009 |
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