Modern, Post-War and Contemporary Art, Silver and Jewellery

Online-Only Auction, 14 - 21 February 2022

Contemporary Art

Sold for

ZAR 11 725
Lot 108
  • Chris Ledochowski; Nelson Mandela Delivers His First Public Speech in Twenty Seven Years, on the Day of His Release, City Hall, Grand Parade, Cape Town 11.02.1990
  • Chris Ledochowski; Nelson Mandela Delivers His First Public Speech in Twenty Seven Years, on the Day of His Release, City Hall, Grand Parade, Cape Town 11.02.1990
  • Chris Ledochowski; Nelson Mandela Delivers His First Public Speech in Twenty Seven Years, on the Day of His Release, City Hall, Grand Parade, Cape Town 11.02.1990
  • Chris Ledochowski; Nelson Mandela Delivers His First Public Speech in Twenty Seven Years, on the Day of His Release, City Hall, Grand Parade, Cape Town 11.02.1990
  • Chris Ledochowski; Nelson Mandela Delivers His First Public Speech in Twenty Seven Years, on the Day of His Release, City Hall, Grand Parade, Cape Town 11.02.1990
  • Chris Ledochowski; Nelson Mandela Delivers His First Public Speech in Twenty Seven Years, on the Day of His Release, City Hall, Grand Parade, Cape Town 11.02.1990


Lot Estimate
ZAR 7 000 - 9 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 11 725

About this Item

South African 1956-
Nelson Mandela Delivers His First Public Speech in Twenty Seven Years, on the Day of His Release, City Hall, Grand Parade, Cape Town 11.02.1990

signed and numbered 139/180 in pencil in the margin and embossed with the artist's chopmark

photolithograph on paper
image size: 37 by 55cm; sheet size: 49,5 by 64cm; 81 by 96 by 2,5cm including frame

Notes

Ledochowski majored in Photography at the Michaelis School of Fine Art in Cape Town in 1980. The self-proclaimed social documentary photographer joined Afrapix in the early 1980s and contributed to numerous anti-apartheid exhibitions and publications over his illustrious career. He has dedicated much of his time to documenting the ongoing struggles and strife in township communities; the formation and development of the Congress of South Africa Trade Unions; and related organizations in the Cape. Arguably his most famous photograph, Ledochowski captured the iconic occasion of Mandela delivering his first public speech at Grand Parade in Cape Town after his release.

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