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The playing fields of Tladi, Soweto, Johannesburg, August 1972

The playing fields of Tladi, Soweto, Johannesburg, August 1972
 1972; printed 1982

Medium
gelatin silver photograph
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of the artist, 1983
© The David Goldblatt Legacy Trust
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Gallery location
Not on display
 

About this work

“Certainly politics has always been on my mind, politics in the broadest sense. … In all the work I have done though I have been engaged with the consequences of our actions and of our values.”
David Goldblatt, 2002

Artwork Details

Medium
gelatin silver photograph
Measurements
24.0 × 24.0 cm (image) 35.4 × 27.8 cm (sheet)
Place/s of Execution
Tladi, Soweto, South Africa
Inscription
inscribed (diagonally) in pencil on reverse c.l.: The playing fields of Tladi. Soweto, Johannesburg. / August 1972.
inscribed (diagonally) in pencil on reverse l.c.: David Goldblatt. / '82.
Accession Number
PH144-1983
Department
International Photography
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of the artist, 1983
© The David Goldblatt Legacy Trust
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Daryl and Anne Whinney
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
Not on display

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