Housewife Making Grass Mat, Velile Soha, 1986

Born in 1957, Velile Soha is a leading contemporary black artist from Cape Town, South Africa.

This piece is part of the Bruce and Barbara Feldacker collection, consisting of over 400 paintings, prints, drawings and sculpture on the theme of work and the role of workers in this country and around the world. The breadth of style, the century-long time span, and the range of artists all make the collection a treasure for students of American art and American labor history.