Gerard Sekoto: career timeline

South African · 1913–1993 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 41 of 103 lots (40% of works) have a usable creation date; the others are listed at the end by the decade they were sold. Each work is shown once, even when it sold more than once.

Gerard Sekoto: works at auction by decade the work was made. Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.

Decade made	Works	Sold	Median sold price	Main medium
1940s	3	3	$150kSign up	Oil
1950s	4	4	$15.5kSign up	Oil
1960s	10	9	$22.1kSign up	Oil
1970s	21	17	$19.5kSign up	Gouache
1980s	2	1	$2.7kSign up	Watercolor

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1940s 3 works

Sold: 3 of 3
Median: $150kSign up
Average: $113kSign up
Typical size: 13.5 × 17.5 in (35 × 44 cm)
Mediums: Oil (2), Drawing (1)
Subjects: Markets & villages (1)

1950s 4 works

Sold: 4 of 4
Median: $15.5kSign up
Average: $21.1kSign up
Typical size: 14 × 21.5 in (35 × 55 cm)
Mediums: Oil (2), Gouache (2)
Subjects: Landscapes (1), Figures & portraits (1), Cattle & animals (1)

1952 In the Fields$18.7kSign up
1959 Township Scene with Women$9.5kSign up
1959 Township Scene$12.3kSign up
1959 Horse and Rider$44.1kSign up

1960s 10 works

Sold: 9 of 10
Median: $22.1kSign up
Average: $23.4kSign up
Typical size: 15 × 19.5 in (38 × 50 cm)
Mediums: Oil (5), Gouache (4), Drawing (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (6), Markets & villages (2)

1960 Portrait$37.8kSign up
1960 Policeman Checking Papers, Paris$22.1kSign up
1960 Woman Carrying Fruit$36.4kSign up
1961 Women in the Wind$28.6kSign up
1966 West African Figures$4.5kSign up
1966 Casamance Dancers and PolicemanUnsold
1967 Market Scene, Senegal$16.9kSign up
1967 Dancing Figures in Blue$14.9kSign up · sold 2×
1968 Three Figures$29.1kSign up
1969 Senegalese Street Scene$20.7kSign up

1970s 21 works

Sold: 17 of 21
Median: $19.5kSign up
Average: $18.8kSign up
Typical size: 15.5 × 15 in (40 × 39 cm)
Mediums: Gouache (8), Oil (8), Watercolor (5)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (11), Markets & villages (3), Rivers & marshes (1)

1970 Street Conversation$19.5kSign up
1970 The Cyclist$27.7kSign up
1971 Walking Figures$12.9kSign up
1971 Penny Whistlers$12.8kSign up
1971 Mother and Child$22.1kSign up
1971 Walking Figures$22kSign up
1971 Township Scene with Figures$6.4kSign up
1973 Figures in Conversation$5kSign up
1973 The Bridge$22.7kSign up
1973 Senegal and Paris$25.6kSign up
1973 Woman Carrier$19.8kSign up
1974 Conversation$10.9kSign up

Show 9 more (1970s)

1974 Walking Figures$45.1kSign up
1974 Street Games, SowetoUnsold
1974 Woman Walking with Dog$17.1kSign up
1974 A Head of a WomanUnsold
1975 The Casamance Dancers and the River SeineUnsold
1976 Man with a Stick$15.9kSign up
1976 Senegalese Woman$26.4kSign up
1976 Man with a StickUnsold
1978 Mother and Child in a Township Street$7.8kSign up

1980s 2 works

Sold: 1 of 2
Median: $2.7kSign up
Average: $2.7kSign up
Typical size: 6 × 8.5 in (15 × 22 cm)
Mediums: Watercolor (1), Drawing (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1)

1987 Family in SenegalUnsold
1987 Two Figures$2.7kSign up

Creation date not recorded

59 works have no cataloged or signed date. They are grouped here by the decade they were last sold, which says nothing about when they were made.

Undated, sold in the 2000s 3 works

Sold: 3 of 3
Median: $9.1kSign up
Average: $8.6kSign up
Typical size: 19.5 × 12.5 in (49 × 32 cm)
Mediums: Gouache (2), Pastel (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (2)

sold 2009 The Two Women$11.3kSign up
sold 2009 Head of a Man$9.1kSign up
sold 2009 Green Nude$5.3kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2010s 34 works

Sold: 21 of 34
Median: $17.9kSign up
Average: $54.9kSign up
Typical size: 15.5 × 13 in (39 × 33 cm)
Mediums: Oil (20), Gouache (9), Watercolor (3)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (11), Markets & villages (6), Sunsets & night (2)

sold 2010 Parisian Café SceneUnsold
sold 2010 Dance in the Night Club$2.9kSign up
sold 2010 Women in the SuburbsUnsold
sold 2010 A Street Scene with Three Women TalkingUnsold
sold 2010 Seated at TableUnsold
sold 2011 The WasherwomanUnsold

Show 6 more (2010s)

sold 2011 Yellow RoomsUnsold
sold 2011 Portrait of a Young Girl$25.2kSign up
sold 2011 Outside the Shop$392kSign up
sold 2011 From the Market (Dakar)$2.5kSign up
sold 2011 Head of a Young Girl$30.2kSign up
sold 2011 Mothers and Children$82.7kSign up

…and 22 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2020s 22 works

Sold: 20 of 22
Median: $23.5kSign up
Average: $47.5kSign up
Typical size: 13 × 14 in (33 × 36 cm)
Mediums: Oil (16), Gouache (3), Lithograph (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (7), Markets & villages (3), Beach scenes (1)

sold 2021 Township Scene$12.1kSign up
sold 2022 The Mandebele GirlsUnsold
sold 2022 Group Talking$33.5kSign up
sold 2022 Casamance Dancers and Policeman$455Sign up
sold 2023 Children at Play, Eastwood, PretoriaUnsold
sold 2023 Village Scene$19.4kSign up

Show 6 more (2020s)

sold 2023 Mother and Baby$28.2kSign up
sold 2024 Children at the Beach$27.5kSign up
sold 2024 Two Striding Figures$17.6kSign up
sold 2024 Girl in Blue$22.7kSign up
sold 2024 Figures on a Street$24.4kSign up
sold 2025 Three Women in Conversation$67kSign up

…and 10 more works from this group in the full results list.

Medians and averages count sold works only (each work's most recent sale), in US dollars at the sale-date rate. Works cataloged as “attributed to”, “circle of” or similar are left out. All Gerard Sekoto auction results →