Plein cadrePretoria, 25 April 1982 (Pretoria, 25 avril 1982)Goldblatt David (1930-2018)photographe, Cote cliché20-509688N° d’inventaireAM2019-628FondsPhotographiesDescription:Sous-titre : Monuments to the Republic of South Africa (left) and the late Prime Minister JG Strijdom (right) and in the background the headquarters of Volkskas Bank.In the early 1970s Pretoria's old Maket Square was given over to an opera house and to these structures symbolic of the Afrikaner struggle for national domination. Four "fiery horses" representing the four provinces, celebrated the fifth anniversary of the Republic declared in 1961. A 3.6 metre head commemorated the late JG Strijdom, "Lion of the North", former prime minister and militant protagonist of Afrikaner domination. The remainder of the site was designated for commercial use and put out to tender. The only bid was from Volkskas, the "people's bank" founded in 1934 to mobilise Afrikaner capital and to break the monopoly of the "English banks".At about 3 a.m. on 31 May 2001, the 40th anniversary of the Republic, the Strijdom head fell through the floor on which it stood, into a parking garage below and was shattered. Two homeless people, sleeping nearby, were slightly injured. There was no evidence of sabotage.Note de l'image4N93607Date1982Période20e siècleEurope (période) - période contemporaine de 1914 à nos joursTechnique/Matièrehuile sur toileDimensionsHauteur : 0.405 mLargeur : 0.505 mMode d'entréeDon des Amis du Centre Pompidou, 2018LocalisationParis, Centre Pompidou - Musée national d'art moderne - Centre de création industrielleCrédit(C) Centre Pompidou, MNAM-CCI, Dist. GrandPalaisRmn / Philippe MigeatDroits d'auteur:(C) David GoldblattMots clésAfrique du Sud (représentation), monument commémoratifRésolution4899 X 3915 pixelsPermalienhttps://photo.rmn.fr/archive/20-509688-2C6NU0AIS9MK6.htmlVers la Collection du MNAM-CCI / Centre PompidouAjouter à la sélection: 'My First Sélection'Ajouter au panierImprimer
