LUCAS SITHOLE

LS6718 Lucas SITHOLE "Charging Afrikander (Afrikaner Bull)" 1967 Ironwood 064x098x056 cm - Exhibited at Venice Biennale 1968 (South African entry)

LS6718

"Charging Afrikander" ("Afrikaner Bull"), 1967 - Ironwood - 064x098x056 cm

 

Provenance:

Priv. Collection, Johannesburg / Cape Town - 2011

Gallery 101, Johannesburg

 

Work exhibited:

Gallery 101, Johannesburg - 1967

This work was exhibited as one of the SA entries at the Venice Biennale 1968

 

Work on auction:

Strauss & Co. Auctioneers, Johannesburg - 16th May, 2011 - Lot 290

 

Work reproduced in:

Die Burger - Die Kunste: Beeldhou: Kunstenaars van formaat - July/Aug. 2016 "Lucas Sithole se beelde reik na miljoen-kerf" deur Marthinus van Bart - ill. on p3

Book review by Marilyn Freitas - artcoza - December 2015

SA Art Times - June 2011 - p. 60

Lucas SITHOLE 1958-1979 - ISBN 0 620 03982 5 - p. 55

Rand Daily Mail, Johannesburg (undated) - ill. + commented by HE Winder

 

Work listed:

Venice Biennale 1968 - SA brochure - listed only

 

Press review:

The Star Johannesburg - 29.08.1967, commented

SA Jewish Times Johannesburg - 1.9.67, commented

 

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. 12/13

 

Note:

The price achieved on auction on 16th May, 2011 established a world record level for this artist's works

 

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