Goldblatt David Twenty six punishment cells and lavatory Number Four Hillbrow Johannesburg 0097

David Goldblatt - Twenty six punishment cells and lavatory, Number Four, Hillbrow, Johannesburg. 31 December 1999

David Goldblatt (1930-2018)
Twenty six punishment cells and lavatory, Number Four, Hillbrow, Johannesburg. 31 December 1999 (1999)
Digital print on cotton paper / 3500 x 250 mm
CCAC #0097

Donated by the artist

This photograph is of the twenty-six isolation cells in the former Number Four prison at Constitution Hill which was established to house black male prisoners during the apartheid era. The cells remain in their original condition about fifty meters from the court building.