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2:40 a.m. Going to work, Mathysloop, KwaNdebele by David Goldblatt — VisualArtsDB

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2:40 a.m. Going to work, Mathysloop, KwaNdebele

2:40 a.m. Going to work, Mathysloop, KwaNdebele

2:40 a.m. Going to work, Mathysloop, KwaNdebele

David Goldblatt

1983–1984

Medium: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: Image: 27.1 × 40.9 cm (10 11/16 × 16 1/8 in.); Paper: 27.9 × 42 cm (11 × 16 9/16 in.)
Genre: Photographs
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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