Gerard Sekoto (1913-1993) Township Street with Cyclist and Woman Carrying a Basket, 1974
Gerard Sekoto (1913-1993) | South African
Township Street with Cyclist and Woman Carrying a Basket, 1974
Oil on Canvas
Signed: Signed and dated ‘G SEKOTO 74’ (lower right).
Dimensions:
Artwork: 51 × 65.5 cm | 20.1 × 25.8 in
Provenance:
Private Collection, France. Acquired from the above by the current owner.
Condition:
Very good condition: the paint layer complete and stable across the whole composition, unvarnished, with no losses and no retouching in normal or ultraviolet light; the linen unlined and sound, re-stretched on a later keyed stretcher, with faint stretcher-bar marks from the earlier stretcher in raking light, a little fraying of the raw linen at the top and bottom tacking margins, and light surface dust. Please contact us to request a detailed Condition Report.
Conditions of Sale:
All lots are sold as is, in the condition described. The condition summary is given as a courtesy; a full condition report is available on request before the sale. Attributions and the five-year authenticity guarantee are governed by Section 4 (Returns and Refunds) of our Terms and Conditions.
All enquiries must be made before bidding; no further information can be provided after the sale.
By placing a bid you confirm that you have read and accept our Terms and Conditions in full, as set out in the terms of this sale.
Shipping:
Aurora & Athena coordinates professional, insured shipping for every purchase through vetted logistics partners: packing, transport, insurance and the export paperwork are arranged on the buyer's behalf and charged at the provider's cost. Buyers are equally welcome to collect in Barcelona or to appoint a carrier of their own. Lots are released once the total purchase price has been received.
For shipments outside the EU an export licence may be required and Spanish export duties may apply to certain higher-value works; these are the buyer's responsibility. No export tax applies within the EU. Full shipping and export information is available on request.
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A dusty township street under a pale sky: a man in a white hat pushes a bicycle, a woman in a blue blouse walks towards us with a bundle balanced on her head, neighbours gather in the middle distance between low houses and bare trees. Painted in Paris in 1974, this is one of Gerard Sekoto’s memory pictures of South Africa — the Sophiatown and Eastwood of his youth, recalled after nearly three decades of exile.
Sekoto (1913–1993) left South Africa in 1947 and never returned, but the township remained his subject. In the 1970s his palette warmed to these sandy pinks and ochres, the figures simplified into strong, rhythmic silhouettes, the shadows laid down in a few decisive strokes. The composition here is classic Sekoto: a street receding on the diagonal, the two foreground figures moving in opposite directions, the crowd behind them held in a single band of colour.
Signed and dated ‘G SEKOTO 74’ in red at the lower right.
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Gerard Sekoto (1913-1993) | South African
Township Street with Cyclist and Woman Carrying a Basket, 1974
Oil on Canvas
Signed: Signed and dated ‘G SEKOTO 74’ (lower right).
Dimensions:
Artwork: 51 × 65.5 cm | 20.1 × 25.8 in
Provenance:
Private Collection, France. Acquired from the above by the current owner.
Condition:
Very good condition: the paint layer complete and stable across the whole composition, unvarnished, with no losses and no retouching in normal or ultraviolet light; the linen unlined and sound, re-stretched on a later keyed stretcher, with faint stretcher-bar marks from the earlier stretcher in raking light, a little fraying of the raw linen at the top and bottom tacking margins, and light surface dust. Please contact us to request a detailed Condition Report.
Conditions of Sale:
All lots are sold as is, in the condition described. The condition summary is given as a courtesy; a full condition report is available on request before the sale. Attributions and the five-year authenticity guarantee are governed by Section 4 (Returns and Refunds) of our Terms and Conditions.
All enquiries must be made before bidding; no further information can be provided after the sale.
By placing a bid you confirm that you have read and accept our Terms and Conditions in full, as set out in the terms of this sale.
Shipping:
Aurora & Athena coordinates professional, insured shipping for every purchase through vetted logistics partners: packing, transport, insurance and the export paperwork are arranged on the buyer's behalf and charged at the provider's cost. Buyers are equally welcome to collect in Barcelona or to appoint a carrier of their own. Lots are released once the total purchase price has been received.
For shipments outside the EU an export licence may be required and Spanish export duties may apply to certain higher-value works; these are the buyer's responsibility. No export tax applies within the EU. Full shipping and export information is available on request.
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A dusty township street under a pale sky: a man in a white hat pushes a bicycle, a woman in a blue blouse walks towards us with a bundle balanced on her head, neighbours gather in the middle distance between low houses and bare trees. Painted in Paris in 1974, this is one of Gerard Sekoto’s memory pictures of South Africa — the Sophiatown and Eastwood of his youth, recalled after nearly three decades of exile.
Sekoto (1913–1993) left South Africa in 1947 and never returned, but the township remained his subject. In the 1970s his palette warmed to these sandy pinks and ochres, the figures simplified into strong, rhythmic silhouettes, the shadows laid down in a few decisive strokes. The composition here is classic Sekoto: a street receding on the diagonal, the two foreground figures moving in opposite directions, the crowd behind them held in a single band of colour.
Signed and dated ‘G SEKOTO 74’ in red at the lower right.
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