LUCAS SITHOLE
LS7309
"Go away!" ("Hamba!") ("Hambanike"), 1973 - Ironwood - 061x055x??? cm
Provenance:
Gallery 21, Johannesburg
Gallery International, Cape Town
Work exhibited:
Gallery International, Cape Town - 1973 cat. 14
Work illustrated:
Lucas SITHOLE 1958-1979 - ISBN 0 620 03982 5 - p. 105
Our Art4 Ons Kuns (F.E.S.T., Pretoria), 1993, p. 181 commented + ill.
Press review:
The Argus, Cape Town - 13.09.1973, mentioned
Die Burger, Cape Town - 20.09.1973, mentioned
Note:
Version 1 of LS7309 done in 1970 was exhibited at Gallery 101, Rand Central, Johannesburg, on 5th October, 1970
Still from documentary "Lucas Sithole, sculptor"
produced and directed by Richard Harvey in 1968/1970.
The 12' documentary can be seen on
http://youtu.be/mhOqAuqn1OE.
Lucas SITHOLE is explaining his work which relates to his life around him,
supported by music composed by Professor Alan Solomon. Included are a number of
views from the solo exhibition held at Gallery 101, Johannesburg, on 5th
October, 1970, including Vers. 1 of the above work LS7309, being
discussed by the sculptor Hennie Potgieter and gallery custodian Bertie du Plooy.
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. 38/39
