LUCAS SITHOLE
LS7708
"It's about time they taught me flying!", 1977
Indigenous wood from Namibia on liquid steel - 092x024x024 cm
Provenance:
Priv. Coll., USA - 2014
Priv. Coll., Nivå, Denmark
Collection B. Paulson, Copenhagen/Johannesburg - 1978
Gallery 21, Johannesburg
Work exhibited:
Gallery 21, Johannesburg - Sept. 1977 cat. X01 (original version); 1978 (final version)
Work auctioned:
Bonham's New Bond St., London - The South African Sale 21432 - 1st October, 2014 - Lot 102 - sold for CHF22'203 incl.
Work illustrated:
Bonham’s New Bond Street London „The South African Sale 2143”, 1st October, 2014 – ill cat p.111, Lot 102
Lucas SITHOLE 1958-1979 - ISBN 0 620 03982 5 - p. 167
Press review:
Vaderland, Johannesburg - 22.9.1977, commented
Beeld, Johannesburg - 29.9.1979, commented in book review
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. 60/61