
Sofia Vellano Rubin
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Although undated, this painting is stylistically consistent with Sekoto's works from the late 1950s. At the time of execution, the artist was living in Paris. However, he had spent a number of years residing in Sophiatown, a township on the outskirts of Johannesburg, prior to this. Whilst the subject matter recalls Sekoto's time in the township, the scene demonstrates how his style transformed during his residence in Paris.
The figures detailed in the work are depicted in impressionistic brushstrokes of thick impasto. There is a confidence in the application of paint; a technical development in style that Sekoto later credited to a change in environment:
"Quality and texture could - and do - change according to the artist's environment, circumstances at various moments, general atmosphere and climatic conditions, contacts and experiences. In a new environment they change together with facing a new world of art" (extract from a letter to Barbara Lindop, 1968).