Gerard Sekoto (South African, 1913-1993) The Store unframed.
Provenance : The subject of the store was a theme that Sekoto painted often. A work of similar title 'The country store, Eastwood' can be found in Lindop's monograph (page 175); the store keeper has similar folded shirtsleeves with the customers in traditional dress. A similar work 'Outside the Shop' was exhibited (no. 9) at the April 1947 Christi's Gallery, Pretoria exhibition and a further watercolour 'Shop Verandah' was exhibited (no 28) at the July 1947 Gainsborough Galleries, Johannesburg exhibition. The use of bodycolour (or as the artist called it 'poster paint') is typical of Sekoto's earlier Sophiatown works and he continued with its use into the the mid 1940s. We are grateful to Barbara Lindop for her assistance in the cataloguing of this lot.
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Condition_report : Overall in good, original condition. The edges of the card are slightly frayed, particularly along the right edge. In addition to this, there are a handful of losses to the right corner, which is visible in the catalogue illustration. There is a small circular water splash to the upper left corner of the grain sack in the center of the painting. On the reverse there is the remnants of old adhesive around the perimeter of the work.
