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Johannesburg

Johannesburg, 1986

  • Bill Sanders, American, born 1947

Chromogenic print

  • Image: 21 7/8 × 27 3/8 inches (55.6 × 69.5 cm) Sheet: 23 7/8 × 30 inches (60.6 × 76.2 cm)

Founders Society Purchase, with funds from Founders Junior Council and a National Endowment for the Arts Matching Purchase Grant

F1989.5

Department

African American Art

Details

1989-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Bill Sanders, Johannesburg, 1986, chromogenic print. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, with funds from Founders Junior Council and a National Endowment for the Arts Matching Purchase Grant, F1989.5.

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