South Africa

© The Ernest Cole Family Trust / Courtesy of the Hasselblad Foundation

South Africa

Currently not on view

South Africa,

ca. 1960–66

Ernest Cole, 1940–1990; born Pretoria, South Africa; died New York, NY
2020-12

Information

Title
South Africa
Dates

ca. 1960–66

Maker
Ernest Cole
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 17 × 24.7 cm (6 11/16 × 9 3/4 in.) sheet: 20.4 × 25.2 cm (8 1/16 × 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Mary Trumbull Adams Art Fund
Object Number
2020-12
Place Made

Africa, South Africa

Culture
South African
Type
photographs, gelatin silver prints
Techniques
gelatin silver process
Subject
figures (representations), groups of people, men

The artist; [Magnum Photos, New York, NY]; purchased by the Princeton University Art Museum, 2020.

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