Art, literature & history
The Song of the Pick
1946–1947
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- Date range
- Medium
- painting
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- By the artist
- Image rights
- Gerard Sekoto Fair Use (WikiArt)
Gerard Sekoto Fair Use (WikiArt). Full-frame resize and JPEG compression. Source label retained; no independent clearance claimed.
About this artwork
Black workers under a white overseer: Sekoto gives the labourers collective strength. A work about racialised labour and dignity, not a depiction of a national independence ceremony.