Saturday morning at the Hypermarket: Miss Lovely Legs Competition, Boksburg, 1980

Saturday morning at the Hypermarket: Miss Lovely Legs Competition, Boksburg, 1980
 1980; printed 1983

Gallery location
Not on display
 

About this work

“[I want to] know more closely, something of the life and values of people whose influence so pervaded the place of my birth and who, I realised, had long been a powerful presence in my own life.”
David Goldblatt, 1983

Artwork Details

Medium
gelatin silver photograph
Measurements
23.0 × 23.1 cm (image) 35.4 × 27.9 cm (sheet)
Place/s of Execution
Boksburg, South Africa
Inscription
inscribed (diagonally) in pencil on reverse l.l.: David Goldblatt / 1983
inscribed (diagonally) in pencil on reverse l.c.: Saturday morning at the / Hypermarket: Miss Lovely / Legs Competition. / Boksburg 1980.
Accession Number
PH157-1983
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
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Gallery location
Not on display

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