Pier 24 Photography from the Pilara Family Foundation Sold to Benefit Charitable Organizations Day Sale

Pier 24 Photography from the Pilara Family Foundation Sold to Benefit Charitable Organizations Day Sale

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Mikhael Subotzky and Patrick Waterhouse

Lift Portrait, 13, Ponte City, Johannesburg, 2008

Auction Closed

May 2, 05:08 PM GMT

Estimate

5,000 - 7,000 USD

Lot Details

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Mikhael Subotzky and Patrick Waterhouse

Lift Portrait, 13, Ponte City, Johannesburg, 2008


chromogenic print, mounted, framed, 2008; accompanied by a certificate of authenticity, signed by the artists

image: 50½ by 40½ in. (128.3 by 102.9 cm.)

frame: 61½ by 50½ in. (156.2 by 128.3 cm.)

Goodman Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa, 2012
San Francisco, Pier 24 Photography, About Face, May 2012 – April 2013

Ponte City is a skyscraper in the Berea suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. Originally intended as luxury condos it fell into disrepair. After years of neglect, developers evicted half of the building’s tenants.

Photographers Mikhael Subotzky and Patrick Waterhouse embarked on an ambitious project to document the building, including operating improvised photography studios in the building’s elevators.