Modern and Contemporary African Art

Modern and Contemporary African Art

View full screen - View 1 of Lot 91. Soccer City stadium and the ruins of Shareworld. The Stadium was built especially the 2010 soccer World Cup. Shareworld was a theme park for the people of Soweto, it was built and went bankrupt in the 1980s. 6 June 2009.

David Goldblatt

Soccer City stadium and the ruins of Shareworld. The Stadium was built especially the 2010 soccer World Cup. Shareworld was a theme park for the people of Soweto, it was built and went bankrupt in the 1980s. 6 June 2009

VAT standard rateUK: Greenford Park Warehouse

Lot Closed

March 31, 03:25 PM GMT

Estimate

10,000 - 15,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

David Goldblatt

South African

1930-2018

Soccer City stadium and the ruins of Shareworld. The Stadium was built especially the 2010 soccer World Cup. Shareworld was a theme park for the people of Soweto, it was built and went bankrupt in the 1980s. 6 June 2009


signed, dated and numbered 3/10 in pencil in the margin

digital print in pigment inks on 100% cotton rag paper

98 by 125cm., 38½ by 49¼in.(image); 111 by 135cm., 43¾ by 53in.(sheet)

Framed: 119 by 142cm., 46¾ by 56in.

Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2011
Paris, Marian Goodman Gallery, David Goldblatt, 15 January-19 February 2011 (another example)