David Goldblatt (South Africa 1930-2018)
Anglican Church, Dundee

silver gelatin print on fibre-based paper, hand-printed by the artist

Artwork date: 1980
Signature details: signed, dated and inscribed with the title on the reverse
Exchange Rates*: USD 4 799 – 7 199
GBP 3 598 – 5 397
EURO 4 134 – 6 201

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sheet size: 38 x 30 cm; image size: 32 x 25.5 cm; framed size: 46 x 39 x 4.5 cm

Provenance:

The collection of the late Paul Alberts.

COLLECTOR'S NOTE

• Most recently, a major retrospective co-organized by The Art Institute of Chicago and Yale University Art Gallery titled, David Goldblatt: No Ulterior Motive, ran from May to August 2024. The exhibition was accompanied by a book making it the first posthumous monograph on Goldblatt.

• In 1998, David Goldblatt became one of the first South Africans to have a solo exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York.

• Important awards, include the Hasselblad Photography Award in 2006, the Henri Cartier-Bresson Award in 2009, and the ICP Infinity Award in 2013. In 2016, Goldblatt was awarded the Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres by the French Ministry of Culture, one of the highest cultural honors in France.

• Goldblatt was awarded honorary doctorates from the University of Cape Town, the University of the Witwatersrand, and the San Francisco Art Institute.

• In 2011, Goldblatt's work was included in the prestigious ILLUMInations exhibition at the 54^th Venice Biennale.

• Goldblatt has been the subject of several important retrospectives. Between 2001 and 2003, David Goldblatt: Fifty-One Years traveled across the United States and Europe, showcasing over 200 photographs at prestigious institutions such as the AXA Gallery in New York, Museu d’Art Contemporani in Barcelona, and Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels. In 2018, two major retrospectives were opened at the Centre Pompidou in Paris and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney.

• Over 20 books have been published documenting Goldblatt’s career, including iconic publications like On the Mines (1973), Some Afrikaners Photographed (1975), In Boksburg (1982) and South Africa the Structure of Things Then (1998).

• Goldblatt’s most notable auction result was achieved in New York in 2017 where a set of his works sold for $60 000.

COLLECTIONS:

The artist is represented in numerous local and international collections, notably: MoMA, New York, USA.; Tate Modern, London, UK.; Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France.; Centre Pompidou, Paris, France.; Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris, France; The French National Art Collection, France; National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne; Huis Marseilles, Amsterdam, Netherlands.; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands; Fotomuseum, Winterthur, Switzerland; Hasselblad Collection, Sweden; Art Collection Deutsche Borse, Frankfurt; Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego; Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna; Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco; National Gallery of Canada; Getty Museum, Los Angeles; Art Institute, Chicago., Iziko South African National Gallery, Cape Town; Durban Art Gallery; Johannesburg Art Gallery; University of South Africa, Pretoria; University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg; and University of Cape Town.