David Goldblatt (1930-2019)
About the lot N° 127
Doornfontein Synagogue, Siemert Road, Doornfontein, Johannesburg ,2014
Medium: silver gelatin print on fibre paper
Size : image size: 37,5 by 47,5cm, sheet size: 41,5 by 51,5cm, unframed
Signature: Certificate of Authenticity signed by Graeme Williams, Paul Weinberg and Liza Essers, dated 30 August 2014, numbered 11/30 and inscribed with the artist's name, the title and the medium
Estimate (low-high) :
70000 ZAR-100000 ZAR
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Sale Title : Modern, Post-War and Contemporary Art
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Sale date : 14 Mar 2022
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Sale Reference : Online sale
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Notes : A Certificate of Authenticity accompanies the lot.
The Doornfontein Synagogue (also called the Lions Shul, after the two cast iron lions that flank the entrance) is the oldest synagogue still in use in Johannesburg, South Africa. It was built in 1905 after a design by Morrie Jacob Harris and was once part of a thriving Jewish community of immigrants, many from Eastern Europe and the UK. Although most of its original community moved to the suburbs further north as the city's demographics changed during the twentieth century, it still holds weekly services.
