Lot 61
Jürgen Schadeberg(1931-2020)Nelson Mandela and Ruth First at A.N.C. Conference Bloemfontein
31 August 2021, 12:00 EDT
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Jürgen Schadeberg (1931-2020)
Nelson Mandela and Ruth First at A.N.C. Conference Bloemfontein, December 1951
Archival pigment print, printed 2011, signed, titled, dated in ink, numbered 'L.E. 11/100' in ink and copyright credit stamp in the margin; signed, titled, dated, numbered 'L.E. 11/100' and copyright credit stamp in ink on the verso.
14 1/2 x 14 1/2in (36.8 x 36.8cm)
sheet 23 3/8 x 16 1/2in (59.3 x 47cm)
Archival pigment print, printed 2011, signed, titled, dated in ink, numbered 'L.E. 11/100' in ink and copyright credit stamp in the margin; signed, titled, dated, numbered 'L.E. 11/100' and copyright credit stamp in ink on the verso.
14 1/2 x 14 1/2in (36.8 x 36.8cm)
sheet 23 3/8 x 16 1/2in (59.3 x 47cm)
Footnotes
The African National Congress (ANC), a political party and black nationalist organization, was founded (as the South African Native National Congress) in 1912. From the 1940s, the ANC spearheaded the fight to eliminate apartheid, the official government policy of racial segregation and discrimination and because of this insurrection it was outlawed from 1960 to 1990. The ban was lifted in 1990 and Nelson Mandela, then president of the ANC, was also elected president of South Africa's first multiethnic government in 1994.
The following lots, all taken by noted photojournalist Jürgen Schadeberg and from a private European collection, offer a telling glimpse into the stark reality of political life for most black South Africans during the Apartheid era, including images of ANC rallies during the "Defiance Campaign" of 1952, the egregious removal of people and destruction of their homes in Sophiatown from 1955 to 1960 and a youthful and militant Nelson Mandela during the "Treason Trial" of 1956-1959. Schadeberg remained friends with Mandela throughout his life and so this group also includes more recent, clearly affectionate portraits, taken after Mandela's eventual release from prison in 1989.
