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  • David Goldblatt; Tailings Dump after Reclamation, Owendale Asbestos Mine, Northern Cape
  • David Goldblatt; Tailings Dump after Reclamation, Owendale Asbestos Mine, Northern Cape
  • David Goldblatt; Tailings Dump after Reclamation, Owendale Asbestos Mine, Northern Cape
  • David Goldblatt; Tailings Dump after Reclamation, Owendale Asbestos Mine, Northern Cape
  • David Goldblatt; Tailings Dump after Reclamation, Owendale Asbestos Mine, Northern Cape
  • David Goldblatt; Tailings Dump after Reclamation, Owendale Asbestos Mine, Northern Cape
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About this Item

David Goldblatt
South African 1930-2018
Tailings Dump after Reclamation, Owendale Asbestos Mine, Northern Cape
2007

signed, dated December 2007 and numbered 3/10 in pencil in the margin

digital print on 100% cotton rag paper
image size: 80 by 102cm; 111,5 by 133,5 by 5cm including frame

Notes

The work depicts a blue asbestos tailings dump after reclamation by a state-sponsored team of men who travel South Africa's asbestos fields, reclaiming contaminated areas.

Exhibited

Standard Bank Gallery, Johannesburg, The Pursuit of Values: David Goldblatt, 22 October to 5 December 2015.

Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, Cape Town and Basel, New Revolutions: Goodman Gallery at 50, 1966–2016, 4 June to 6 July 2016.

Literature

Standard Bank Gallery (2015) The Pursuit of Values: David Goldblatt, Johannesburg: Standard Bank, illustrated in colour on page 133.

Goodman Gallery (2016) New Revolutions: Goodman Gallery at 50, 1966–2016, Johannesburg: Goodman Gallery, illustrated in colour on page 104.

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