South African and International Art, Decorative Arts and Jewellery
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signed, inscribed with the title, numbered 51/1000 and embossed with the Jürgen Schadeberg copyright symbol in the margin; signed and inscribed 'Handprinted and selenium toned by J Schadeberg, 2004' on the reverse
Notes
This image of Mandela looking through the bars of his Robben Island cell in 1994 was voted one of the 50 most memorable images of the 20th century by the Photographers Gallery in London.
"I think it's an important image because it does represent his life. That's how he spent 17 years and I think that when I took the pictures there was a very quiet moment - the 17 years that he was there must have gone through his head." Jürgen Schadeberg, Cape Argus, 27 February 2014.