London was the focus of much of Kossoff's work, and Christ Church, Spitalfields, became a frequent motif in his work from 1987 onwards, explored in many iterations. The artist observed: ‘It seems to move into space like a great monument. When you look at the Christ Church a whole new world of space is opening up. You experience space and light that you hadn’t before, that is what painting is all about. Space and light occupied by human presence.’ (Leon Kossoff interview with Nicholas Cass and Jon Snow, Channel Four News, 2007). In this version, executed in vigorous, heavily worked charcoal, the focus is on the square, blocky, monumental form of the building towering over the street, a few passersby rendered only as rudimentary shapes.