Die Heldeakker, The Heroes' Acre: Cemetery for White members of the security forces killed in ' TheTotal Onslaught' , Ventersdrop, Transvaal [North-West Province], 1 November, 1986 Artist: David Goldblatt (South African, 1930–2018)

November 1, 1986

Photography

Not on view
Medium

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions

image: 7 1/2 × 9 7/16 in. (19 × 24 cm)
sheet: 8 × 9 15/16 in. (20.3 × 25.2 cm)
framed: 14 1/4 × 17 1/4 × 1 3/8 in. (36.2 × 43.8 × 3.5 cm)

Credit Line

Purchased with a gift from Jane P. Watkins, M.P.H. 1979; with the Leonard C. Hanna, Jr., Class of 1913, Fund; and with support from the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Accession Number

2018.135.10

Culture

South African

Period

20th century

Classification

Photographs

Disclaimer

Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of records is ongoing.

Provenance
The artist
Bibliography
  • Judy Ditner, Matthew S. Witkovsky, and Leslie M. Wilson, eds., David Goldblatt: No Ulterior Motive, exh. cat. (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 2023), 131, 275, pl. 108
  • "Acquisitions July 1, 2017–June 30, 2018," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin: Online Supplement (accessed December 1, 2018), 30
Object copyright
Copyright David Goldblatt
In Copyright
Additional information

Object/Work type

gelatin silver prints

Edition

8/10

Marks

Verso C, in brown ink: Copyright by David Goldblatt Box 1464, Johannessburg, South Africa

Inscriptions

Verso UL, in graphite: Ons vir jou Suid-Afrika, Military cemetery, Ventersdorp\r\nVerso C, in graphite: 1 November 1986\r\nVerso UC, in ink: 4/4614\r\nVerso UR, in graphite:129406

Signed

Verso C, in graphite: David Goldblatt

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