Untitled (Poland Archive, nr. 46)
1981
Fotografie, 23.9 x 18 cm.
Materials: ink, paper
Collection: Collection M HKA, Antwerp.
STRIKE DAY IN POLAND (It's 8 o'clock and the dock gates at Gdansk close as the workers begin their four hour strike. And below the leader of "Solidarity" Lech Walesa leaves the shipyard and is greeted by women workers at the end of the four hour stoppage) [zoals aangegeven op de achterzijde van de foto], zwart-wit foto, Januari 1981, 23.9 x 18 cm. Datum van aankoop door Allan Sekula onbekend. [AM/Keystone 3128/900660].
On the backside of the photograph:
January 1981
STRIKE DAY IN POLAND
Industrial workers throughout Poland, held a four hour stoppage in protest over the governments failure to support the five-day week asked for by the Unions.
Photo shows: It's 8 o'clock and the dock gates at Gdansk close as the workers begin their four hour strike. And below the leader of "Solidarity" Lech Walesa leaves the shipyard and is greeted by women workers at the end of the four hour stoppage.
AM/Keystone 3128/900660.
