vintage gelatin silver print

Artwork date: 1982
Signature details: signed, dated and inscribed with the title on the reverse
Exhibited: The Walter Collection, Neu-Ulm, ‘Beyond the Binary: Santu Mofokeng and David Goldblatt’, 16 April to 12 November 2023.
Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney, ‘David Goldblatt: Photographs 1948 – 2018’, 19 October to 3 March 2019.
Standard Bank Gallery, Johannesburg, ‘The Pursuit of Values: David Goldblatt’, 21 October to 5 December 2015.
South African Jewish Museum, Cape Town, ‘Kith, Kin and Khaya: South African Photographs’, 31 October 2010 to 1 February 2011.
‘David Goldblatt’, Recontres Internationales de la Photographie, Arles (2006); Fotomuseum, Winterthur (2007); Forma - Centro Internazionale di Fotographia, Milan (2007).
‘David Goldblatt: Fifty-One Years’, The Museum Africa, Johannesburg (1 August 2004 to 30 November 2004); Palais des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles, Brussels (17 April to 15 June 2003); Lenbachhaus, Munich (5 July to 12 October 2003); Museum of Modern Art, Oxford (1 February to 30 March 2003); Centro Cultural de Belem, Lisbon (7 October 2002 to 5 January 2003); Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona (MACBA), Barcelona (8 February to 14 April 2002); AXA Gallery, New York (15 August to 16 October 2001).
Literature: Kent, R. (ed). (2018). ‘David Goldblatt: Photographs 1948 – 2018’, Sydney: Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, illustrated on p.292.
Goldblatt, D. (2015). ‘The Pursuit of Values’, Johannesburg: Standard Bank of South Africa, illustrated on p.158.
Goldblatt, D. (2010). ‘Kith, Kin and Khaya: South African Photographs’. Johannesburg: David Krut Publishing, illustrated on p.143.
Goldblatt, D. (2006). ‘David Goldblatt: Photographs’, Roma: Contrasto, illustrated on p.127.
Goldblatt, D. (2001). ‘David Goldblatt: Fifty-One Years’. Barcelona: Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona, illustrated on p.304.
Goldblatt, D. (1998). ‘South Africa: Structures of Things Then’, New York: The Monacelli Press, illustrated on p.44.

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sheet size: 20 x 25 cm; image size: 18 x 22.5 cm

Provenance:

The collection of the late Paul Alberts.

COLLECTOR'S NOTE

• An example of the photograph forms part of the permanent collections of The Tate Modern, London, MoMA, New York, Yale University Art Gallery and The Walther Collection.

• Most recently a major retrospective co-organized by The Art Institute of Chicago and Yale University Art Gallery titled, David Goldblatt: No Ulterior Motive, ran from May to August 2024.

• Honoured with several important retrospectives throughout his career, other notable exhibitions include, David Goldblatt: Fifty-One Years which traveled across the United States and Europe between 2001 and 2003, to prestigious institutions such as the AXA Gallery in New York, Museu d’Art Contemporani in Barcelona, and Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels. In 2018, two major retrospectives were opened at the Centre Pompidou in Paris and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney.

• In 1998, David Goldblatt became one of the first South Africans to have a solo exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York.

• The artist has received both local and international accolades, including the Hasselblad Photography Award in 2006, the Henri Cartier-Bresson Award in 2009, and the ICP Infinity Award in 2013. In 2016, he was awarded the Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres by the French Ministry of Culture, one of the highest cultural honors in France.

• Goldblatt was awarded honorary doctorates from the University of Cape Town, the University of the Witwatersrand, and the San Francisco Art Institute.

• In 2011, Goldblatt's work was included in the prestigious ILLUMInations exhibition at the 54th Venice Biennale.

• Goldblatt’s most notable auction result was achieved in New York in 2023 where a photograph sold for $38 100.

COLLECTIONS:

The artist is represented in numerous local and international collections, notably, Iziko South African National Gallery, Cape Town; University of South Africa, Pretoria; Constitutional Court, Johannesburg; The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago; Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf; Victoria and Albert Museum, London; Photographers' Gallery, London and Museum of Modern Art, New York.