The grassing of a tailings dump, Crown Mines, Johannesburg

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1965

David Goldblatt
South African, 1930-2018

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Department: Photography and Media

Artist: David Goldblatt
Title: The grassing of a tailings dump, Crown Mines, Johannesburg
Date: Made 1965
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: Image: 50.5 × 49.5 cm (19 15/16 × 19 1/2 in.)
Credit Line: Art Institute of Chicago, Promised gift of Cecily Cameron and Derek Schrier
Reference Number: Obj: 258966

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