David Goldblatt (B. 1930)

Various images of South Africa, 1965–2006

Details

David Goldblatt (B. 1930)
Various images of South Africa, 1965–2006
8 gelatin silver prints, each printed later
each signed and dated in pencil (verso)
image sizes ranging from 14 x 18 in. (35.5 x 45.7 cm.) to 16 1/2 x 21 1/2 (41.9 x 54.5 cm.)
sheet sizes ranging from 16 x 16 in. (40.7 x 40.7 cm.) to 18 3/4 x 23 1/2 in. (47.6 x 59.6 cm.)
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Provenance

Goodman Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa;
acquired from the about by the present owner, 2014.

Lot Essay

David Goldblatt has been documenting the tensions of both rural and urban life in his native South Africa since the 1960s. His images deftly capture South Africa's complex social and moral history and its changing political landscape. In 1998 Goldblatt was the first South African artist to have a solo exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York and, more recently, the photographer was the recipient of the 2006 Hasselblad award, the 2009 Henri Cartier-Bresson Award, and the 2013 International Center of Photography Infinity Award.

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