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A White Person

Anton Kannemeyer. A White Person. 2004

Anton Kannemeyer (South African, born 1967; lives Cape Town). A White Person. 2004. Screenprint. Composition: 22 3/16 x 13 11/16" (56.3 x 34.8 cm); sheet: 25 3/16 x 20 1/16" (64 x 51 cm). Publisher and printer: the artist, Stellenbosch, Western Cape. Edition: 7. Gift of Susan and Arthur Fleischer, Jr., 2007. © 2011 Anton Kannemeyer

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In this screenprint Kannemeyer overlaid a self-portrait with an enlarged version of his racial identification card classifying him “as a white person,” issued to him by the apartheid government when he turned sixteen.