On August 16, 2012, South African police shot striking mineworkers of the Lonro platinum mines, killing 34 and wounding 78 in seemingly wild shooting without good cause. The men were shot, some with their hands up in surrender, within a radius of about 300 meters of this koppie on which they met. Beyond is the Lonro smelter, which stood idle during the strike. Marikana, North West Province, 11 May 2014 Artist: David Goldblatt (South African, 1930–2018)
Printer: Tony Meintjes (South African, born 1956)

2014, printed later

Medium: Carbon ink print
Dimensions: image: 11 3/4 × 14 7/8 in. (29.8 × 37.8 cm)
sheet: 13 3/8 × 16 1/8 in. (33.9 × 41 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: 2022.37.506
Culture: South African
Period: 20th century
Classification: Photographs
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Provenance

The artist, Goodman Gallery and Pace MacGill

Object copyright

In Copyright

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Object/Work type

carbon prints

Edition 3/10

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