Gerard Sekoto

Formerly in the collection of Dr. & Mrs. Edgar Berman, Baltimore, Maryland, until 1959

Acquired by the museum as a gift in March 1959 

Hagerstown, Maryland, Washington County Museum of Fine Arts Bulletin, Trends in the 20^th Century Art, 1963, November 1962, illustrated on cover page 

Hagerstown, Maryland, Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, Trends in the 20^th Century Art, January 3-31 1963

Executed shortly after the artist’s arrival in Paris, Portrait of a Boy by South Africa’s foremost modernist was gifted to the Washington County Museum of Fine Arts in 1959 by Dr. & Mrs. Edgar Berman of Baltimore, Maryland. One of four works by the artist in the auction, Sekoto’s work is centred on the exploration the human spirit through the lens of social realism, acting as windows into the collective consciousness of a nation undergoing profound societal change.

Please note that the current lot is being deaccessioned from the collection of the Washington County Museum of Fine Arts due to redundancy and as part of the museum’s commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and access, the proceeds from the sale of this painting will be used to support the acquisition of art by living BIPOC artists.