Swerwers, nomadic sheep shearers, and farmworkers, descended from the San hunter gatherers and Khoi pastoralists. Without work for four months they lived in the "gang," the corridor between farms fences and roads, hunting, fishing when they could and eating roadkill. Near Nuwe Rooiberg, Northern Cape, 18 September 2002 Artist: David Goldblatt (South African, 1930–2018)

2002, printed later

Photography

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Medium

Pigmented inkjet print

Dimensions

image: 32 5/16 × 40 9/16 in. (82 × 103 cm)
sheet: 36 13/16 × 44 1/2 in. (93.5 × 113 cm)
framed: 40 3/8 × 48 3/8 × 1 1/2 in. (102.6 × 122.9 × 3.8 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

2022.37.545

Culture

South African

Period

20th century

Classification

Photographs

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Provenance
The artist, Goodman Gallery and Pace MacGill
Object copyright
Copyright David Goldblatt
In Copyright
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Object/Work type

inkjet prints, pigment prints

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