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37cm excluding base Sydney Kumalo grew up in Soweto and began his studies at the Polly Street Art Centre in 1952, where he studied under Cecil Skotnes until 1957. Eduardo Villa became his mentor in 1958. This mentorship was critical in shaping his style and skill. Villa promoted the fusion of African references and Modernist expression which characterises Kumalo’s artistic style. In 1960, he became a full-time instructor at the Polly Street Centre. This particular work was created soon after Kumalo left his teaching career to focus on his own practice full-time. The artist's early works focus heavily on the human form, particularly the female figure. Egon Guenther cast various works for Kumalo, The Kneeling Woman being one of the few that is not an edition but a unique work. Kumalo’s 2018 retrospective at the Norval Foundation pushed his work into the spotlight once again, helping to maintain the value of his work. - T.W.Nicol, M. 1999. “Sydney Kumalo” from They Shaped our Century: The Most Influential South Africans of the Twentieth Century. Human and Rousseau .p.451Powell, I. n.d. “Sydney Kumalo” Accessed January 20, 2020. http://revisions. co.za/biographies/sydney-kumalo/#.XilQjGgzaUkNorval Foundation. 2018. “Re-discovery and memory” Accessed January 21, 2020. https://www.norvalfoundation.org/re-discovery-and-memory/