Strauss & co - 16 February 2019, Cape Town
77 59 David Goldblatt SOUTH AFRICAN 1930–2018 Bowling Green and Clubhouse, Crown Mines, Johannesburg (2_5460) signed and dated 1969 on the reverse edition number 4 /10 silver gelatin photograph on fibre- based paper 44 by 44 cm R200 000 – 300 000 EXHIBITED Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, David Goldblatt: On the Mines, 2012. LITERATURE David Goldblatt and Nadine Gordimer (1973). On the Mines, Cape Town: Struik. Page 76 and illustrated on page 77. ITEM NOTES In his last interview, photographer David Goldblatt spoke to Australian journalist Tim Douglas about his rich legacy: ‘I am a photographer,’ he says. ‘I don’t hold exhibitions to glorify my artistic skill. These things I capture in my work are real. I photograph things that are important to me and to society. I want the pictures to be seen, because I want the message to be heard.’ Tim Douglas. (2018) The Final Frame: An Interview with David Goldblatt, [Online] Available: https://www.mca.com.au/stories-and- ideas/final-frame-interview-david-goldblatt/ [7 December 2018].
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