Ernest Cole
House of Bondage

House of Bondage

© Courtesy of Magnum Photos on behalf of the Ernest Cole Family Trust

House of Bondage
House of Bondage
ArtistSouth African, 1940–1990
PrinterSouth African, born 1950
CultureSouth African
Titles
  • House of Bondage
Date1960–1966, printed 2020
MediumGelatin silver prints
DimensionsSheet (each): 20 × 15 13/16 in. (50.8 × 40.1 cm)
Portfolio case: 21 × 16 3/4 × 4 in. (53.3 × 42.5 × 10.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment
Object number2020.396.1-.100
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceMagnum Photos, London; purchased by MFAH, 2020.
Exhibition History"Ernest Cole: Photographer," orgnaized by the Hasselblad Foundation, Gothenburg, Sweden, toured across south Africa in 2010-2011 and was shown at the Fowler Museum at UCLA, 4/7/2013-7/7/2013 and the Grey Art Gallery, NYU, 9/3/2014-12/6/2014

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front of object
100 BC–700 AD
Shell with turquoise inlay
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front of object
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100 BC–700 AD
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Trace (study)
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