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David Goldblatt (South Africa 1930-2018) The Destruction of District Six under the Group Areas Act, Cape Town, Cape, 5 May 1982

Sold for ZAR 120,000 at Aspire Art on Nov 20, 2024.

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David Goldblatt (South Africa 1930-2018) The Destruction of District Six under the Group Areas Act, Cape Town, Cape, 5 May 1982 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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