Kite Flying. Near Phuthaditjhaba, Qwa Qwa (now Free State)

Series TitleSouth Africa: The Structure of Things Then

Artist David Goldblatt (South African, 1930 - 2018)

Date1989

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 17 1/4 x 22 inches (43.82 x 55.88 cm)
Unframed: 19 1/4 x 24 inches (48.9 x 60.96 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation

Object number2009.71.8

SignedVerso, signed and dated, in pencil "David Goldblatt, 1/5/89"

InscribedVerso, in pencil, "David Goldblatt, 1/5/89"

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DescriptionLandscape; small dwelling made of corrugated metal in left foreground; laundry hanging in front; two black children walking up road to the right; tail of kite visible in upper right; landscape in background.

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