LUCAS SITHOLE
LS6601
"Rain God" ("Leguaan"), 1966 - Ironwood - 035x034x089 cm
LS6601 (close-up)
Still from the video "Art for Today", Episode 13, "Contemporary Art - Lucas Sithole", produced by Gail Honiball for BOP TV, 1988
Provenance:
Gallery 101, Johannesburg
Work exhibited:
Gallery 101, Johannesburg - 1967
This work was exhibited as one of the SA entries at the Venice Biennale 1968
SITHOLE Retrospective Exhibitions held at
Rand Afrikaans University, Johannesburg + Pretoria Art Museum, Pretoria 1979
Pretoria Art Museum, Pretoria - "In 3 Dimensions" - 10th July - 14th August, 1991
Work illustrated:
Gallery 101, Johannesburg - Invitation card 28th August, 1967, ill.
ARTLOOK 9, Johannesburg - Aug. 1967, ill. on cover and p. 2
The Art Gallery, Ivoryton, U.S.A. - Dec. 1967 ill.
Rand Daily Mail, Johannesburg - undated - ill. + commented by HE Winder
Lucas SITHOLE 1958-1979 - ISBN 0 620 03982 5 - p. 45
Rand Afrikaans University, Johannesburg - August 1979, ill. on exhibition poster
Pretoria Art Museum, Pretoria - September 1979, ill. on exhibition poster
"Aspects of 20th Century Black South African Art up to 1980" (Amanda Anne Jephson) (M.A. thesis) (Faculty Fine Art and Architecture, University of Cape Town), 1989 (unpublished), ill. pl. 4.15a
Work listed:
Venice Biennale 1968 - SA brochure - listed only
Note:
This sculpture is recorded and illustrated in the monograph published in 2015
“Lucas SITHOLE 1931 – 1994: Highlights 1966-1993” – ISBN 978-3-033-04655-9 – on pp. 4/5
Note:
The original version of this sculpture from 1965 is recorded under LS6509 as "Uxhamu" (Iguana) (Likkewaan) and is illustrated in
The Canberra Times, ACT, Australia - 23rd July, 1965 ("Shows for South African Sculptor", ill. p.12)
