As part of the sale devoted to Modern and Contemporary African Art on Wednesday 24 June 2020, PIASA in partnership with Aspire Auction, is excited to present four works by photographer David Goldblatt.
Born in 1930 in Randfontein, South Africa, to two Lithuanian parents, David Goldblatt was born in Randfontein, South Africa. Since the early 1960s, the lens of his camera has witnessed the political and social evolution of South African society and revealed its complexity.
He began commercial training at the University of the Witwatersrand before beginning his professional career as a press photographer in 1948. At that time, he immortalized the implementation of the new racial segregation panels set up under the apartheid policy. He did not devote himself to photography until the early 1960s and collaborated on numerous books on everyday life.
In 1998, the year he published his book "South Africa: The Structure of Things Then", MoMA organized an ambitious exhibition of his work. While his pictures were characterized by the use of black and white, a stay in Australia drew his attention to colour. In 2009, his entire body of work was awarded the prestigious Henri-Cartier-Bresson Prize.
ƒ David Goldblatt (1930-2018, South Africa)
A miner waits on the bank to go underground, City Deep Gold Mine, 1966 (2_3041) (printed later)
Platinum print on Arches Platine 310gm paper
Signed, dated and inscribed 1/4 in pencil along the bottom margin
Number 7, from an edition of 10
37 x 37 cm (image)
75.5 x 56.5 cm (sheet)
Provenace : Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg.
Among the photographs presented on Wednesday 24 June 2020 sale , "A miner waits on the bank to go underground, City Deep Gold Mine, 1966" is a platinum-palladium print on Arches paper. Coming from the Goodman Gallery in Johannesburg, only 10 copies of this photograph have been published. It was estimated at between 25,000 and 30,000 euros. The contrasts of light and shadow increase its expressive charge.
ƒ David Goldblatt (1930-2018, South Africa)
Diepsloot, 15 August 2009, 2009 (A_0197)
Pigment inks on cotton rag paper
Signed, dated 15/8/2009 and numbered 1/10 in pencil along the bottom right margin
number 1, from an edition of 10 pieces
59.5 x 84 cm
-Listed in the Art21 Artwork Survey: 2000s.
Provenance : Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg.
By presenting uniform houses stretching as far as the eye can see, the photographer "Diepsloot, 15 August 2009", estimated between 14,000 and 18,000 euros, depicts the urbanization of the country by questioning the limits of its expansion.
