Accession No

2014.259


Description

print; etching - Colour etching by Daniel Gordon Gabashane titled 'Township Madona [sic]', 1994. Edition: 50/65. Inscribed, signed and dated: '50/65 TownShip Madona G. Gabashane 94'. Condition: Good, stains on top right corner and on reverse. Part of the Volatile Alliances 1995 portfolio, edition 50/65.


Place

Africa; Southern Africa; South Africa; Gauteng Province; Johannesburg; Artist Proof Studio


Period


Source

Artist Proof Studio [vendor]; Art Fund [monetary donor]; Esmée Fairbairn Foundation [monetary donor]


Department

Anth


Reference Numbers

2014.259; 50/65


Cultural Affliation


Material

Paper; Pigment


Local Term


Measurements

377mm x 451mm


Events

Context (CMS Context)
(Bio) 'Daniel Gordon Gabashane (1949 -) is a graphic artist and ceramic sculptor. He attended the ELC Art and Craft Centre, Rorke's Drift during the 1960s. He was an instructor at the Mfolo Art Centre, Soweto. He has exhibited on group exhibitions in SA and is represented in public and private collections in SA.' [From http://www.sahistory.org.za/people/daniel-gordon-gabashane].
Event Date 26/8/2014
Author: Remke van der Velden


Context (CMS Context)
Presented by The Art Fund and the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation. An acquisition project to build a collection of modern and contemporary work on paper from Australia, Canada and South Africa was undertaken over 2011-13 with the support of a grant under The Art Fund's RENEW programme. The collection was developed with the expert advice and generous assistance of Annie Coombes and Norman Vorano in relation to South African and Inuit artists respectively. Khadija Carroll, Anita Herle and Diana Wood Conroy also contributed to the selection process. Obtained from Robyn Nesbitt, Artist Proof Studio Curator, The Bus Factory, 3 President Street, West Entrance, Newtown Cultural Precinct, Newtown/ PO Box 664, Newtown, 2113, Gauteng, Johannesburg.

Part of the Portfolio 'Volatile Alliances', 1995 with 23 prints (2014.258 - 2014.280), edition 50/65. Participating artists included Paul Molete, Gordon Gabashane, Nhlanhla Xaba, Joe Ndlovu, Simon Mthimkhulu, Ezekiel Budeli, Pepe Jose Abela, Mmakgabo Helen Sebidi, Philippa Hobbs, Dominic Tshabangu, Giulio Tambellini, Moleleki Frank Ledimo, Lothar Riedel, Mbongeni Richman Buthelezi, Velaphi Mzimba, Elvin Sefati Nethononda, Sokhaya Charles Nkosi, Vincent Baloyi, Simon Sejake, Durant Sihlali, Diane Victor, Muzi Donga and Kim Berman.
Event Date 26/8/2014
Author: maa


Description (CMS Description)
Colour etching by Daniel Gordon Gabashane titled 'Township Madona [sic]', 1994. Edition: 50/65. Inscribed, signed and dated: '50/65 TownShip Madona G. Gabashane 94'. Condition: Good, stains on top right corner and on reverse. Part of the Volatile Alliances 1995 portfolio, edition 50/65.
Event Date 26/8/2014
Author: maa


FM:267847

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