LUCAS SITHOLE
LS7701 (front view)
"Proud and angry", 1977 - Indigenous wood from Zululand - 095x052x035 cm
LS7701 (back view)
"Proud and angry", 1977 - Indigenous wood from Zululand - 095x052x035 cm
Provenance:
Private Collection, Pretoria
Die Kunskamer, Cape Town
Gallery 21, Johannesburg
Work exhibited:
Gallery 21, Johannesburg - 1977 (March) cat. X73; 1977 (Sept.) cat. X23; 1978 cat. X13
National Gallery of Rhodesia, Harare (Salisbury) - Nov. 1977
Bulawayo Art Gallery, Bulawayo - Jan. 1978
SA Association of Arts, Pretoria - March 1978
SA Association of Arts, Pretoria "SA Art to Rhodesia" - 1978
SITHOLE Retrospective Exhibitions held at
Rand Afrikaans University, Johannesburg + Pretoria Art Museum, Pretoria 1979
Lookout Art Gallery, Plettenberg Bay - 1980/81
Standard Bank, Jabulani, Soweto "Black Art Today" - 1981
Ernst de Jong Studio, Pretoria - 1981 cat. X13
Alliance Française, Pretoria (Historical Perspective ...) - May 1986
Work sold on auction:
Strauss & Co., Johannesburg - 11th June, 2012 - Lot 385 - realised ZAR423'320 / CHF48'340
LS7701 discussed by Stephan Welz on Straussart's Youtube channel - June, 2012
Work illustrated:
Lucas Sithole invitation card Gallery 21, Johannesburg - Sept 1977, ill.
The Chronicle, Bulawayo - 7.1.1978, ill. + commented
SA Digest, Pretoria - 20.1.1978, ill.
Lucas SITHOLE 1958-1979 - ISBN 0 620 03982 5 - p. 157
Standard Bank, Jabulani, Soweto ("Black Art Today") - 1981 cat. , ill.
Echoes of African Art (Manaka) (Skotaville), 1987, p. 42 (3 col. ills.)
Herald, Johannesburg - end Oct 1991, ill.
Northcliff & Melville Times, Johannesburg - 15.10.91 ill.
Strauss & Co., Johannesburg - website banner March, 2012
Strauss & Co., Johannesburg – 11th June, 2012 – auction cat. Lot 385, pp. 166/167
http://louiseniemann.blogspot.ch/2012/05/stellar-offering-at-strauss-cos-june.html
"Review 2012" - Strauss & Co., Johannesburg, ill. p. 26
Work listed:
National Gallery of Rhodesia, Salisbury "SA Art", Nov 1977, cat.
"Historical Perspective of Black Art in South Africa (1930-1986) Alliance Française, Pretoria - 24th May, 1986, exhibition cat. no. 36
Press review:
Vaderland, Johannesburg - 22.9.1977, commented
Beeld, Johannesburg - 29.9.1979, commented
Pretoria News, Pretoria - 24.3.1981, commented
Interpretation - as quoted in Strauss & Co.'s auction cat. p. 167, 11th June, 2012
"He was known as a gentle, sensitive and empathetic person whose concerns over the sufferings of others were fearlessly addressed in his work. Nevertheless, alternative forms of expression had to be found at a time when opposition to the political order was severely punishable. "Proud and Angry" presents two faces, encapsulating some of the socio-political tensions that were rife at the time, the solidarity experienced amongst likeminded people and defiance in the face of systemic violence."
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. 56/57
